Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
Are all Church Teachings Malleable (soft, pliable, changeable)?
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Just This Guy
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
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.
Other than that, Basically every Mormon teaching has changed at some point or other.
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
Yes, but not by you. 
That said, change in church is waiting for leadership to play catchup to changes members have already made.
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?
Ahem...
... "Temporary Commandments" ...
Yes. All LD$-Inc. teachings are malleable.
... "Temporary Commandments" ...
Yes. All LD$-Inc. teachings are malleable.
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deacon blues
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
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.
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.
God is Love. God is Truth. The greatest problem with organized religion is that the organization becomes god, rather than a means of serving God.
Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
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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Jesus: "The Kingdom of God is within you." The Buddha: "Be your own light."
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deacon blues
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Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
One thing I would like to see is the removal of D&C 132 from the canon. They removed the Lectures on Faith, why not D&C 132, at least the part that talks about concubines. 
God is Love. God is Truth. The greatest problem with organized religion is that the organization becomes god, rather than a means of serving God.
Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
Personally, I would hate to see them send every uncomfortable yet fundamental commandment down the rabbit hole where so many other original, fundamental Mormon beliefs and practices have been lost. After all, it is God speaking. Can they just handwave away something that He apparently thought was important enough to give a revelation for? They should keep some of those reminders around, no matter how ridiculous or embarrassing, or they completely lose touch with their origins.deacon blues wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:39 pm One thing I would like to see is the removal of D&C 132 from the canon. They removed the Lectures on Faith, why not D&C 132, at least the part that talks about concubines.
“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” -Mark Twain
Jesus: "The Kingdom of God is within you." The Buddha: "Be your own light."
Jesus: "The Kingdom of God is within you." The Buddha: "Be your own light."
Re: Are all Church Teachings Malleable?
I guess that's because leadership/power are the most important things to them.Just This Guy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2024 6:25 am 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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believing in old men’s lies...--Ezra Pound
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