~”HOW then can the “acceptance of the prophet be incidental since these questions determine the “worthiness” of one to be allowed entrance to the temple and partake of the required ordinances??”~
The Priesthood is part of the Gospel. The Prophet is the priesthood leader.
Don’t like it? Find another church. Oh, wait, you already did. So why the ongoing obsession, Greyfoxx?
He has a guilty conscience because he allows himself to be carried on the rolls of the Church in a dishonorable manner.
One who makes statements like this should expect to be called on them.