The Brigham Young bottleneck

[_Buffalo]

I think the hard part about young is in many of these cases he was not speaking from a personal stance but made it very clear that these are eternal truths. I will not bring up all the specifics but I've had it argued that he was speaking as "a man" like Paul would times speak as "a man".

Hi dogmatic,

Yeah, the whole "speaking as a man" excuse is very problematic for anyone who wants to be honest in their beliefs. How does one decide when a Prophet is transmitting God's word or just talking out of his donkey?

If a Prophet's statements are up for interpretation due to the inconvenience of being obviously false (Quakers on the moon), how can any of his prophecies be taken as true?

It's obvious: the apologists, as duly-ordained representatives of the church, are authorized to make proclamations on which statements are to be taken as doctrine and which statements are to be tossed down the memory hole.

[_Quasimodo]

It's obvious: the apologists, as duly-ordained representatives of the church, are authorized to make proclamations on which statements are to be taken as doctrine and which statements are to be tossed down the memory hole.

You're right, Buff. Why should we worry our pretty little heads about these complicated matters of faith when the apologists can do it for us? :)

All we need to do is believe what they tell us and fall in line. It's so easy.

[_harmony]

It's obvious: the apologists, as duly-ordained representatives of the church, are authorized to make proclamations on which statements are to be taken as doctrine and which statements are to be tossed down the memory hole.

Since when is "apologist" a calling?