Is it the nature of god to capitulate to the laws of man if those laws are contrary to his command? DC 132:4 is very strong on what god said.
So the only reason why the prophet stopped the practice is because he was “commanded to do that” after he “went before the Lord.”
So this is god is less than the US government?
>Is it the nature of god to capitulate to the laws of man if those laws are contrary to his command? DC 132:4 is very strong on what god said.
D&C 132:4 is not limited solely to polygamy. The everlasting DOCTRINE is eternal marriage. There is a PRINCIPLE of polygamy. Never has The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints taught that man MUST take more than one wife to receive all that is promised by God.
You are simply wrong.
It is an Article of Faith that we obey the laws of the country. The LDS Church does not suggest to Chinese members that they ignore the Chinese laws regarding how many children each family can have. It respects those laws, unless God demands obedience to his law OVER man’s laws. It’s hardly novel that God “dumbs down” his laws to accommodate the weakness of men. Hence the ancient Jews had the Mosaic law as opposed to the higher law given by Christ. And the law of consecration is higher than the currently imposed law of tithing.
>So this is god is less than the US government?
No. This God is no less than the U.S. government than he was during the Holocaust. He allows men to govern themselves, and if the law is not essential to man’s salvation then I really don’t think He spends time worrying about it (though you seem to).
The fact that God allowed it to fall by the wayside is evidence that it is NOT required for salvation (though you seem to claim that it is contrary to LDS teachings). You are simply wrong on LDS thought. Please don’t tell us what we believe, and we really don’t need you to interpret our scriptures for us.