LDS Prophets Utterly Fail at Predicting Bad Stuff

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_Res Ipsa
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Re: LDS Prophets Utterly Fail at Predicting Bad Stuff

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A 22 year old young woman was killed in a roll over accident. "Prophet" Thomas Monson failed to warn her of the impending accident.
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Re: LDS Prophets Utterly Fail at Predicting Bad Stuff

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Brad Hudson wrote:Daesh executed a Chinese and a Norwegian prisoner. "Prophet" Thomas Monson failed to warn the two men so that they could avoid being kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-34865696


This may be an unfair example (guessing that's your point). There is no reason to expect God to care about the safety of anyone outside the one true Church (which is pretty much everyone).

I do think that the failure of the Kirtland Safety Society might qualify as a prophetic boo boo, though.
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Brad Hudson wrote:A 22 year old young woman was killed in a roll over accident. "Prophet" Thomas Monson failed to warn her of the impending accident.


But Jesus found my car keys! So its all good.
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Chap wrote:
Brad Hudson wrote:A 22 year old young woman was killed in a roll over accident. "Prophet" Thomas Monson failed to warn her of the impending accident.


But Jesus found my car keys! So its all good.


Please, Chap. Try to keep the members of the trinity straight. That was the Holy Ghost that found your car keys. It could also have been one of the three Nephites (odd, there are three of them, too).
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We will have all of the answers in the future .... at some point .... God wants us to believe in something that looks made-up and fraudulent to prove us herewith ..... ?
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Re: LDS Prophets Utterly Fail at Predicting Bad Stuff

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Worse than no inspiration and revelation is their tendency to get the past wrong.

That is why they have to do clarifications and blame members for not knowing what has happened that was hidden.
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Chap wrote:I recommend the original link, but you can still hear him in English on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ-1iA-56k0

You're right. It was indeed very powerful. He's a better man than I am. Were I in his place, my reaction would have been a little more visceral and primal.
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