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bcspace wrote:Brook's faith is not in the Church or in the God worshiped by the Church but in a vague hope that the Atonement washes away unrepented sins.
Darth J wrote:bcspace wrote:Brook's faith is not in the Church or in the God worshiped by the Church but in a vague hope that the Atonement washes away unrepented sins.
Pictured: the God worshiped by the Church
moksha wrote:bcspace wrote:Brook's faith is not in the Church or in the God worshiped by the Church but in a vague hope that the Atonement washes away unrepented sins.
Has the Atonement been downgraded to a vague hope recently?
DarkHelmet wrote:Maybe. The church used to teach about an infinite atonement, but I'm not sure if that's official doctrine anymore.
Jason Bourne wrote:This certainly will shape the Church in the future. One wonders what it will look like.
None of the results looks positive for the hard line conservative position you and BC espouse except the first. But I believe that will result in shrinkage for the Church over time.
Actually, Sister Brooks and those like her really represent the Church of the future. It is the conservative Mormons and their ilk like Droopy and bc that are going to disappear. I don't see many in the next generation that is going to endorse the intolerance for gays and suppression of women's role in the leadership of the Church and it will have to change to reflect that (as it has with blacks and in other ways).Polygamy-Porter wrote:Great points Jason.Jason Bourne wrote:This certainly will shape the Church in the future. One wonders what it will look like.
None of the results looks positive for the hard line conservative position you and BC espouse except the first. But I believe that will result in shrinkage for the Church over time.
LDS Inc knows it cannot cut out this malignant growth without loosing even more. Perhaps the money changers(LDS accountants) have determined that the least loss is to let them remain.
Jason Bourne wrote:Droopy
But I believe that will result in shrinkage for the Church over time.