Are all Church Teachings Malleable?

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Are all Church Teachings Malleable?

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Are all Church Teachings Malleable (soft, pliable, changeable)?
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?

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I can only think of one teaching that is hasn't changed and that is it worship the leadership.

Other than that, Basically every Mormon teaching has changed at some point or other.
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?

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Yes, but not by you. :D

That said, change in church is waiting for leadership to play catchup to changes members have already made.
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?

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Ahem...

... "Temporary Commandments" ...


Yes. All LD$-Inc. teachings are malleable.
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?

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Example: Do Mormons get their own planets? Church Newsroom: No.

Do Mormons get their own worlds? Pres. Smith, Young, Taylor, Woodruff, Snow, Smith, McKay, Smith, Kimball: Yes!

Does anyone want to do explain the difference between a planet and a world? Spock: They are logically synonymous.
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?

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I suspect their hatred of transgender people is one of the teachings that is not malleable. At least until they can find a way to make more money by embracing trans people.
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