SatanWasSetUp wrote:I just wonder why members still listen and obey the prophets when they have been shown to be wrong on so many things. Even the apologists admit they are just guys with opinions, but members take their words as if they are from God himself when history has shown that is not the case.
Most members are not apologists. Most members don't have time to delve into much of anything other than reading their scriptures and trying to gather their kids together long enough to have a prayer once a day (even when it doubles as the blessing on the food). Most members aren't interested enough to go deeper; most members think if the prophet says it, it must be right; most members take what they've been taught in church every day since they were born or baptised and simply believe it. Questioning isn't even on the radar for most members.
I live with one of the "most" members, and I can tell you exactly what he thinks. He's the Sunday School President, so he's concerned about Sunday School. He's not concerned about Primary, Scouts, Relief Society, or anything the bishop does in his calling. He works 5-6 days a week, and when he's not working, he's either watching a baseball game on tv, mowing the lawn, or reading a Western. He's an uncomplicated man, a believer, a good neighbor, a good person, and he has zero interest in questions about his faith. Period. And I love him. I admire his faith. He doesn't interfere with my quest to answer my questions, but he has none of his own and he has zero interest in the answers to mine. The only thing we argue about is my attendance at the temple, and since his aunt, a woman he respects a great deal, has the same reticence about the temple as I do, we table that argument.