Re: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] mormon angels. was: Dave uses Socratic ...

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In a message dated 5/26/2005 2:27:22 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What can you tell me of the 1978 (?) 'revelation' concerning the increased status of blacks in your church?     BLAINE:  The revelation to extend Priesthood to worthy Black males appears in the Doctrine and Covenants as Official Declaration --2.  It was received as a revelation by then President Spencer W. Kimball, and later sustained unanimously by the Quorum of the Twelve and eventually by all Church General Authorities.  It was presented in General Conference by President Nathan Tanner on September 30, 1978.  At the bottom of the revelation as it is written in the D&C, it reads:    " Recognizing Spencer W. Kimball as the prophet, Seer and Revelator, and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it is proposed that we as a constituent assembly accept this revelation as the word and will of the Lord.  All in favor please signify by raising your right hand.  Any opposed by the same sign.    The vote to sustain the foregoing motion was unanimous in the affirmative."   I repeat--NO revelation is accepted as official doctrine without this vote by the general constituency of the Church.  That has never happened with the Adam-God Theory/Doctrine, contrary to the efforts of many anti-Mormons to rationalize it as a "doctrine of the Mormon Church."  Noone believes it that I know of, and I doubt many ever did.  If Brigham proposed it as a doctrine to the General Authorities of his time, apparently they did not accept it.  One thing is for certain, it was never even proposed as an official doctrine to the general membership for a sustaining vote.     ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: May 25, 2005 22:49 Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] mormon angels. was: Dave uses Socratic Method of T... In a message dated 5/25/2005 6:03:14 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "The President of the Church is the only man on earth authorized by God to go beyond or add to the scriptures" Teachings of the Living Prophets P18 published CJCLDS 1982   Blaine:  Even the President/prophet must have a sustaining vote for new doctrines he espouses to be accepted--As I said, the sustaining of the Adam-God doctrine as official never happened.  In several other cases, a sustaining vote did happen, as for instance, the doctrine that little children who die before reaching the age of accountability inherit the Kingdom of God.  This doctrine now appears in the D&C, for the simple reason it was voted upon and sustained.  MANY so-called "doctrines of the LDS Church" do not have this status.  Another  of these is the doctrine that men may become Gods and populate other worlds.  Although it is widely believed, it is not in any standard work, nor has it been sustained as an official  doctrine by the general membership.   As I said, Kevin, Elvis died--trying to prove he is still alive is a lost cause, and only makes sense if you have some psycho/emotional investment in believing he lives on.   :>)