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Philo, just imagine how narrow the creation gap for god to fill now is. What with big bang and mass/energy always existing, no need for an all powerful god to create earth/the universe ex nihilo . And evolution certainly pushing god as a creator of mankind and animals into a very tight, little cupbo...

“Picture me as your grandfather who believes in you and is cheering for you,” Ballard counseled thousands of students and faculty attending the speech at the Marriott Center in Provo. “I am a general authority but that doesn’t make me an authority in general,” he then quipped. “I worry that members...

Exiled wrote:They just need to go a little further and say that they don't have expertise in anything other than perhaps their vocations. Oh, and in religious nonsense, too.

I think your 'religious nonsense' is 'spiritual guidance' to others.

Elder Ballard's advice makes sense. Mankind's accumulated knowledge base is voluminous and the Church Authorities only grasp a tiny sliver of that knowledge. Look toward the accumulated sciences, arts, and philosophies of the human species for a better understanding. You can assist in this process ...

I forgot about this, but someone on reddit pointed it out. Fifth: The prophet is not required to have any particular earthly training or diplomas to speak on any subject or act on any matter at any time. Sometimes there are those who feel their earthly knowledge on a certain subject is superior to ...

That's good honesty right there. Where has that been in the last 50 years? It is exactly why I go to evolutionists for reality about evolution not church leaders. It's why I go to astronomers and their vast knowledge of the cosmos instead of to prophets imagining they see truth and reality in visio...

“Picture me as your grandfather who believes in you and is cheering for you,” Ballard counseled thousands of students and faculty attending the speech at the Marriott Center in Provo. “I am a general authority but that doesn’t make me an authority in general,” he then quipped. “I worry that members...

I see much of it as identity. If people didn't think of themselves as as a member of a religion, they would assume other tribal affiliations. * * * I'm out of Mormon stock so I am Mormon in some way that is involuntary. But I see myself as a humanist with libertarian leanings, a limited accommodati...

Stem, What you are looking for is inside of you. Think of the scene in Forest Gump where he starts off running as a boy with the leg braces on, but keeps running as they fall off. Organized religion are those leg braces that may at one time have been useful, but are no longer. You are who you are. M...

Maybe it isn't emphasized much anymore, but when I was taking release time seminary in the early 1970's, our teachers definitely taught us that Adam and Eve had the whole gospel; were baptized and sealed and the whole nine yards. I think they got from Joseph Fielding Smith and a Cleon Skousen books...