To: Godzilla
"...While certain doctrines are enunciated in the standard works and some doctrinal issues have been addressed in formal pronouncements by the First Presidency, there is nothing in Mormonism comparable to the Westminster Confession of Faith or the Augsberg Confession.
Few of the truly distinctive doctrines of Mormonism are discussed in official sources. It is mainly by unofficial means -- Sunday School lessons, seminary, institute, and BYU religion classes, sacrament meeting talks and books by Church officials and others who ultimately speak only for themselves -- that the theology is passed from one generation to the next.
Indeed it would seem that a significant part of Mormon theology exists primarily in the minds of the members... the absence of a formal creed means that each generation must produce a new set of gospel expositors to restate and reinterpret the doctrines of Mormonism...."
- Peter Crawley, writing in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Autumn 1982
4 posted on
04/03/2009 8:11:04 AM PDT by
Alex Murphy
(Presbyterians often forget that John Knox had been a Sunday bowler.)
To: Alex Murphy
TRANSLATION:
We make the stuff up as we go along...
Makes it easier to defend anything if we really believe in nothing concrete...
6 posted on
04/03/2009 8:29:48 AM PDT by
ejonesie22
(Stupidity has an expiration date 1-20-2013 *(Thanks Nana))
To: Alex Murphy
the absence of a formal creed means that each generation must produce a new set of gospel expositors to restate and reinterpret the doctrines of Mormonism...." OR...to "restate and reinterpret the doctrines of CHRISTIANITY TO FIT MORMON DOCTRINE".
CHRISTIANITY DEFINED - (LDS Site Defining Christianity)
7 posted on
04/03/2009 8:34:50 AM PDT by
greyfoxx39
(Classy fashion icon Michelle O......always dressed to the 8s.......)
To: Alex Murphy
Like trying to nail jello to the wall
8 posted on
04/03/2009 9:34:50 AM PDT by
Godzilla
(Galatians 4:16 So iz i ur enemi now becz i tellded u teh troof?)
To: Alex Murphy; Godzilla
Indeed it would seem that a significant part of Mormon theology exists primarily in the minds of the members... the absence of a formal creed means that each generation must produce a new set of gospel expositors to restate and reinterpret the doctrines of Mormonism....”
Then HOW can it claim to still be the “one true Church on the face of the earth” if every generation changes doctrine to suit its needs?
12 posted on
04/03/2009 12:28:42 PM PDT by
reaganaut
(ex-mormon, now Christian. "I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see")
To: Alex Murphy
Indeed it would seem that a significant part of Mormon theology exists primarily in the minds of the members..lol, lol lol
13 posted on
04/03/2009 12:52:31 PM PDT by
1000 silverlings
(Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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