So are you saying the Mormon Church plays fast and loose with doctrine?
Nah, it's that "continuing revelation" thingy, ya know? If dacktrin is inconvenient after a few dozen decades, like blacks isn't worthy, and pligamy is a no-no, it is "revealed" that what you aksually heard wasn't what you reely heard....sometimes, it doesn't take but a few days for the revealin'.
So are you saying the Mormon Church plays fast and loose with doctrine?
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Well getting most LDS (including the Leadership) pinned down on what exactly IS doctrine, is like nailing jello to the wall.
Even “official” doctrine changes at the drop of a hat, without official revelations. Both polygamy and the blacks and the priesthood have been changed by “manifesto”s not a “thus saith the Lord”.
Add to that the vast “lay theology”, things that are believed and taught by LDS members, and even taught by the General Authorities in talks, sermons or books, that is considered accepted as doctrine my many (if not most) rank and file LDS, will all of a sudden be considered “not doctrine” if it embarrasses the LDS or is used against them.
I cannot count the number of times that I was taught something while LDS, both at Church and BYU, that all of a sudden became “we don’t believe that” to gentiles.
Fast and loose? Yeah, like a hooker down at the red light district.