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.
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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.
:>)
