) or to give them."-- President Dallin Oaks. Numbers 23:19 "God is not a man that he should lie, neither the son of man that he should repent: hath he said and will he not do? or hath he spoken and will he not make it good?"
From the quotes above, and in the context of its teachings, it could be argued that the Church is mistaken by some members and leaders to be a god, perhaps THE god who is worthy of worship. The prime evidence is that both all truth and/or doctrines are subjected to the question- will it build up, defend, or protect the Church/kingdom of god?
Psalms 135:15-16, 18 "The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths but they speak not; eyes have they, but they hear not... They that make them are like unto them. So is every one that trusteth in them."
For an organization that is a corporation, doesn't it make sense that it could be compared to idols of old, that is, that it is the work of men's hands?
I've said this before in other ways and places, but I believe it is the crux of the matter of facing organized religion.
Catholics tend to worship their church, Protestants tend to worship the Bible, or their interpretation of it. Muslims apparently worship both their 'prophet' and their Quoran, and some of them justify execution of those who would profane them. It seems to me that Jesus was too wise to institute a "kingdom of this world." But I could be wrong.
