Blaine, it seems that 99 44/100 % of the D&C was "revealed" to JS. Did he
have a "general constituency" that voted on whether or not what he said was
was revealed to him was truly revelation from god? How about his visions.
Was there a vote on those, too? Do you think Isaiah or Daniel or Exekiel had
people that voted on their prophecies to see if they were really from God?
Perry
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Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 20:38:18 EDT
In a message dated 5/26/2005 2:27:22 AM Mountain Standard Time,
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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
r
ationalize 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.
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Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: [TruthTalk] mormon angels. was: Dave uses
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In a message dated 5/25/2005 6:03:14 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[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. :>)
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