I honestly get the impression that LDS members are told many different things, whatever works best at the moment or is believed by whoever they are talking to, since the theology is so malleable. I see many different answers to the same question when I go to different Mormon sites or compare them to views here, or between the Mormons here. I’ve repeated verbatim what Morman A says and had Mormon B “ROFL” because he thinks I don’t know Mormonism (when it is the Mormons who don’t have any coherence or consistency). I would bet that the Doctrines and Covenants are chock full of inconsistencies so that it is impossible to construct a theology that is consistent. The theology depends on what problem you are addressing! I get the impression of sort of a Rorshach theology where you can see anything you want. I’ve never seen any awareness that there is another point of view on a theological matter, like you will see among Catholics or Protestants or whoever in the Christian world, where they say “we believe X and they believe Y.” Instead it’s ROFL . . . you think we believe WHAT?
“I’ve repeated verbatim what Morman A says and had Mormon B “ROFL” because he thinks I don’t know Mormonism”
And I’ve seen the same thing happen among Catholics. Pick any church and you will be able to find members who don’t have as good a grasp of the theology as others, and even those with very mistaken ideas of the theology.
Punchline:
“Hey! You’re the one with the dirty pictures!”