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

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In a message dated 5/27/2005 6:49:45 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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   Blaine:  Good question, Perry,  I would have to research that one, but offhand, I would say with confidence that JS and Oliver Cowdery's revelations were eventually voted upon and sustained by the general membership.   (Don't forget the second elder of the Church, Oliver Cowdery, who was with JS as a second witness during most of the restorative revelations received.)    I would have to comb the History of the Church for an answer.  Might even be a good question for a General Authority.    Regards the second part of your question,  (Isaiah, Daniel,  Ezekial, etc), I think I remember certain bodies of Jews organized for just such a purpose, as to accept or reject writings as being scriptural versus not scriptural.  No doubt these bodies were present when King James of England and Scotland gathered his scholars together for deciding what should be included or excluded in/from the KJV.  The Dewey Bible has scriptures the King James Bible does not have, for example.  The law of common consent is really an extension of these rights and privileges to the common folk.  Anything wrong with that?  I see this as a major effort to include the opinions of the many as opposed to just a few scholars, wise men, etc.  I am sure God knew this was a procedure used in many Protestant Chutrches of JS's time, so as I see it, the timing was right to implement it into the newly organized church.