>In CES, we have been instructed to NOT use the phrase
>"free agency," but rather use "moral agency." What the
>reason is, I do not know.
Sound like this is political correct stuff that I simply don't care for.
Does this mean they are going to rewrite the records too? I certainly
hope not. I'
Jon Spencer:
In CES, we have been instructed to NOT use the phrase
"free agency," but rather use "moral agency." What the
reason is, I do not know.
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I don't know the answer, but I surmise based on Elder
Packer's talks on the subject that there are two reasons.
First, it is n
I'm speculating that it's because, as I say, "free" is ambiguous. People could
interpret "free agency" to mean that it doesn't matter what we do, that there are
no moral consequences to our actions, that we're "free to do our own thing" as it
were.
Jon Spencer wrote:
> In CES, we have been instr
At 08:08 PM 10/4/02 -0400 Jon Spencer favored us with:
>In CES, we have been instructed to NOT use the phrase "free agency," but rather use
>"moral agency." What the reason is, I do not know.
A lot of people abuse the term "free agency" to mean "free from the natural
consequences of sin." Wha
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> Date: 10/4/2002 7:08:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [ZION] To act or to be acted upon
>
> In CES, we have been instructed to NOT use the phrase "free agency," but
> rather use "moral agency." What the reason is, I do not know.
>
> Jon
>
>
In CES, we have been instructed to NOT use the phrase "free agency," but
rather use "moral agency." What the reason is, I do not know.
Jon
Marc A. Schindler wrote:
Can't say as I disagree with anything you write. Perhaps the ambiguity of
the
word "free" is what has led to a decrease in popular
Can't say as I disagree with anything you write. Perhaps the ambiguity of the
word "free" is what has led to a decrease in popularity of the term "free agency"
in favour of "moral agency."
Scott McGee wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:58:07 -0600, "Marc A. Schindler"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:58:07 -0600, "Marc A. Schindler"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I agree with you, but think that you are referring to a moral sphere. In
> more
> everyday matters, it's not sin that necessarily limits a country's
> options.
Marc,
Your comments were fascinating, and I might co
There is no such thing as "free" agency. The saints often misconstrue
what agency really is. It is the gift of choosing. The war in heaven
decided the issue of agency. No one in this life can take a person's
agency from him/her (so if your rebellious child says they are demanding
their free agency
At 01:41 PM 10/3/2002, you wrote:
>Marc, in amongst some other stuff, said the following:
>
> > We have free agency but limited options, which is usually how life
> > works.
>
>This reminded me of a topic I wanted to discuss. In the Book of Mormon I
>seem to recall several places where the idea of
I agree with you, but think that you are referring to a moral sphere. In more
everyday matters, it's not sin that necessarily limits a country's options. It
can be all kinds of things. It's just like people. What did I do to have a stroke
that damaged the right-parietal pre-frontal lobe of my brai
Marc, in amongst some other stuff, said the following:
> We have free agency but limited options, which is usually how life
> works.
This reminded me of a topic I wanted to discuss. In the Book of Mormon I
seem to recall several places where the idea of being able to act or to
be acted upon is p
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