And here I thought leadership had learned their lesson years back when they stuck Joseph on the December Christmas Ensign and got a bunch of blowback. The following article gave me a bit of nausea with all of the fawning and adoration being slathered on the faux-prophet.
"In 1805 “in a very small, out of the way place, unknown to pretty much the rest of the world,” a baby boy was born.
That child would come to influence the history of the world and stand at the head of the final dispensation of the gospel — “the dispensation that will actually succeed.”
In all the world, the baby in a crib here, was the baby “that made such a huge difference,” he said."
Elder Christopherson
http://www.ldsliving.com/President-Ball ... ay/s/91804
Does anyone else get the feeling that Chrisopherson is nearly describing a Nativity scene above?
It seems to me that one of the big problems of the New Testament Pharisees was their near worship of the dead prophet Moses. And yet LDS leadership seem blind to the paralells.
The way the article title reads one would almost wonder if Ballard is channeling Joseph. Necromancy springs to mind. I think we're in for another big, big Joseph Smith year. Can't wait.....