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==A FAIR Analysis of the online document ''Letter to a CES Director'' section "Prophets Concerns & Questions"== | ==A FAIR Analysis of the online document ''Letter to a CES Director'' section "Prophets Concerns & Questions"== | ||
{{Epigraph|A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine. There is an important principle that governs the doctrine of the Church. The doctrine is taught by all 15 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. It is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk. True principles are taught frequently and by many. Our doctrine is not difficult to find.<br><br>The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men. Remember the words of Moroni: “Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father … ; but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been” ({{s||Ether|12|6}}).<br><br> — {{Ensign|author=Elder Neil L. Anderson|article=[https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/trial-of-your-faith?lang=eng Trial of Your Faith]|date=November 2012}}}} | {{Epigraph|A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine. There is an important principle that governs the doctrine of the Church. The doctrine is taught by all 15 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. It is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk. True principles are taught frequently and by many. Our doctrine is not difficult to find.<br><br>The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men. Remember the words of Moroni: “Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father … ; but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been” ({{s||Ether|12|6}}).<br><br> — {{Ensign|author=Elder Neil L. Anderson|article=[https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/10/trial-of-your-faith?lang=eng Trial of Your Faith]|date=November 2012}}}} | ||
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*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Prophets Concerns & Questions#Adam-God|Response to section: Adam-God]] | |||
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Prophets Concerns & Questions#Blood Atonement|Response to section: Blood Atonement]] | |||
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Prophets Concerns & Questions#Polygamy|Response to section: Polygamy]] | |||
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Prophets Concerns & Questions#Blacks Ban|Response to section: Blacks Ban]] | |||
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Prophets Concerns & Questions#Mark Hofmann|Response to section: Mark Hofmann]] {{InProgress}} | |||
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Prophets Concerns & Questions#"Why would I want them following the prophet when a prophet is just a man of his time?"|Response to question: "Why would I want them following the prophet when a prophet is just a man of his time?"]] {{InProgress}} | |||
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|claim=The author states, "President Brigham Young taught what is now known as “Adam-God theory”. He taught that Adam is “our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do”. Young not only taught this doctrine over the pulpit at the 1852 and 1854 General Conferences but he also introduced this doctrine as the Lecture at the Veil in the endowment ceremony of the Temple." | |claim=The author states, "President Brigham Young taught what is now known as “Adam-God theory”. He taught that Adam is “our Father and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do”. Young not only taught this doctrine over the pulpit at the 1852 and 1854 General Conferences but he also introduced this doctrine as the Lecture at the Veil in the endowment ceremony of the Temple." | ||
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|claim=The author states, "Along with Adam-God, Young taught a doctrine known as “Blood Atonement” where a person’s blood had to be shed to atone for their own sins as it was beyond the atonement of Jesus Christ." | |claim=The author states, "Along with Adam-God, Young taught a doctrine known as “Blood Atonement” where a person’s blood had to be shed to atone for their own sins as it was beyond the atonement of Jesus Christ." | ||
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|claim=The author notes that Brigham Young said, "The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy." – Journal of Discourses 11:269 | |claim=The author notes that Brigham Young said, "The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy." – Journal of Discourses 11:269 | ||
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|claim=Regarding the priesthood ban that was lifted in 1978, the author notes, "As a believing member, I had no idea that Joseph Smith gave the priesthood to black men. I’m supposed to go to the drawing board now and believe in a god who is not only a schizophrenic racist but who is inconsistent as well?" | |claim=Regarding the priesthood ban that was lifted in 1978, the author notes, "As a believing member, I had no idea that Joseph Smith gave the priesthood to black men. I’m supposed to go to the drawing board now and believe in a god who is not only a schizophrenic racist but who is inconsistent as well?" | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Prophets Concerns & Questions"
A few question their faith when they find a statement made by a Church leader decades ago that seems incongruent with our doctrine. There is an important principle that governs the doctrine of the Church. The doctrine is taught by all 15 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve. It is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk. True principles are taught frequently and by many. Our doctrine is not difficult to find.
The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men. Remember the words of Moroni: “Condemn me not because of mine imperfection, neither my father … ; but rather give thanks unto God that he hath made manifest unto you our imperfections, that ye may learn to be more wise than we have been” (Ether 12꞉6).
— Elder Neil L. Anderson, "Trial of Your Faith," Ensign (November 2012).
- Response to section: Adam-God
- Response to section: Blood Atonement
- Response to section: Polygamy
- Response to section: Blacks Ban
- Response to section: Mark Hofmann [Work in Progress]
- Response to question: "Why would I want them following the prophet when a prophet is just a man of his time?" [Work in Progress]
Adam-God
Blood Atonement
Polygamy
Blacks Ban