Was this post supposed to make sense?
Oh, we get it, Stourme. LDS "prophets" and "apostles" issues these "revelatory" "principles." But then LDS grassroots don't...
...embrace them...
...embody them...
...obey them.
Supposedly, according to you as Mr. Authority--'cause you suddenly certainly speak like a priestholder with self-authority--these concepts like "blood atonement" just bounced around the airy heads of people...bounding in one ear & vacating out the other...never finding a root...or an ounce of obedience.
But I thought you told Godzilla in post #237 that following His commandments are vital to being saved. Are you now announcing to us all that 100% of the saints under Brigham Young during Young's "blood atonement" teaching era were 100% disobedient to the "prophet" of God? Really? Not one single "saint" "event-ualized" blood atonement?
Well, thanks for this admission and confession about the history of the "saints." (Why don't LDS then condemn this disobedient past generations of Mormons again?)
Did someone mention "principles"??
Elder Dallin H. Oaks, an attorney, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Mormon Church states, "Our individual, personal testimonies are based on the witness of the Spirit, not on any combination or accumulation of historical facts. If we are so grounded, no alteration of historical facts can shake our testimonies." ("1985 CES Doctrine and Covenants Symposium," Brigham Young University, Aug. 16, 1985, page 26)
Apostle Oaks also stated that, "My duty as a member of the Council of the Twelve is to protect what is most unique about the LDS church, namely the authority of priesthood, testimony regarding the restoration of the gospel, and the divine mission of the Savior. Everything else [including facts, evidence, and truth itself I suppose] may be sacrificed in order to maintain the integrity of those essential facts. Thus, if Mormon Enigma reveals information that is detrimental to the reputation of Joseph Smith, then it is necessary to try to limit its influence and that of its authors." (Introduction p. xliii f28 in Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon)
Speaking of how Mormon leaders should only teach things that are faith-promoting, Elder Boyd K. Packer stated, "In the Church we are not neutral. We are one-sided. There is a war going on, and we are engaged in it." (Brigham Young University Studies, Summer 1981) He goes on to basically call objective, impartial, and scholarly writings the evil that should be fought in this 'war'. On another occasion he claims that scholars and intellectuals are a danger to the church.