The line must be decided individual case by individual case between the
person and the bishop, I'm sure.
Stacy.
At 02:12 PM 09/19/2003 +, you wrote:
With regard to applying prophetic counsel, where is the line between
personal prerogative and inspiration, and personal apostasy?
2 Sam
Not exactly. Sometimes it can be very uncomfortable to follow prophetic
counsel and sometimes circumstantial change does not warrant a change. If
there is any difficulty in this, as there has been with me and the fast,
one counsels with the bishop.
Stacy.
At 01:35 PM 09/19/2003 +, you
Val wrote:
-- Jim Cobabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sounds like we need not follow prophetic counsel as long as our
circumstances make it inconvenient or uncomfortable for us.
Am I getting this right?
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WRONG!
This is an
I read it through as a challenge, and was able to read it fairly quickly,
although not as quickly as I could have if the words were properly spelled.
Why? I think it is because, for me at least, I pattern match words. When
the words are misspelled, the pattern matching is more difficult.
Counsel with the bishop is a standard answer. As a problem solving
strategy, it usually doesn't work at all, at least in my experience.
Bishops don't have effective answers for any but the most routine
problems. Many of them are good at running LDS wards, but terrible as
personal
Stacy Smith wrote:
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Not exactly. Sometimes it can be very uncomfortable to follow prophetic
counsel and sometimes circumstantial change does not warrant a change.
If there is any difficulty in this, as there has been with me and the
fast, one counsels with the bishop.
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Not sure I
Val wrote:
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So it depends on which prophetic counsel you are referencing.
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In my view, prophetic counsel is consistent in letter and spirit from
one day to the next, through all ages of time.
If I see conflicts in the pronouncements from one prophet to another, I
must assume that there
Jim Cobabe wrote:
Counsel with the bishop is a standard answer. As a problem solving
strategy, it usually doesn't work at all, at least in my experience.
Bishops don't have effective answers for any but the most routine
problems. Many of them are good at running LDS wards, but terrible as
