Official doctrine: general authorities are infallible

[_Buffalo]

http://www.LDS.org/ensign/1996/12/when- ... e?lang=eng

Keep your eyes riveted on the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. We will not lead you astray. We cannot.

I hope bcspace is reading this and will repent of his disbelief in the global flood.

[_bcspace]

Notice the context that it is together they will not and cannot lead us astray.

[_Buffalo]

Notice the context that it is together they will not and cannot lead us astray.

Together they have determined that the flood was global. Here to help.

[_bcspace]

Notice the context that it is together they will not and cannot lead us astray.

Together they have determined that the flood was global.

Indeed. But notice that such does not lead me from salvation. Notice also how well this dovetails with:

Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine.

[_Buffalo]

Indeed. But notice that such does not lead me from salvation.

Irrelevant.

Astray
adverb

Into error

[_DarkHelmet]

But what if the statement is made by the FP, in a written statement, on church letterhead, and in that statement they say that it is doctrine?

[_just me]

But what if the statement is made by the FP, in a written statement, on church letterhead, and in that statement they say that it is doctrine?

It depends. What does President Newsroom say about it?

[_KevinSim]

Irrelevant.

Astray
adverb

Into error

The key is indeed understanding what astray really means. But into error is just one definition. When I look up astray in "www.dictionary.com" the first definition I get is "out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route." When I hear the LDS leadership say God will not let them lead the members astray, I believe it means God knew ahead of time the likeliness that they would lead the members in the way that God wanted them to go, and chose them accordingly, confident that they will get God's message very close, and ready to stop those LDS leaders by any means available if they got too far off message.

Will there be some errors in some of the things the leaders teach? I think it's inevitable that there will be some such errors. But God has picked and chosen the LDS leaders to speak for Him because He knows that they are going to do a better job of leading us to eventually understanding God than anybody else in the world is going to do.

[_bcspace]

Indeed. But notice that such does not lead me from salvation.

Irrelevant.

Astray
adverb

Into error

Completely relevant as to the consequential effects.

[_Buffalo]

Irrelevant.

Astray
adverb

Into error

The key is indeed understanding what astray really means. But into error is just one definition. When I look up astray in "www.dictionary.com" the first definition I get is "out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route." When I hear the LDS leadership say God will not let them lead the members astray, I believe it means God knew ahead of time the likeliness that they would lead the members in the way that God wanted them to go, and chose them accordingly, confident that they will get God's message very close, and ready to stop those LDS leaders by any means available if they got too far off message.

Will there be some errors in some of the things the leaders teach? I think it's inevitable that there will be some such errors. But God has picked and chosen the LDS leaders to speak for Him because He knows that they are going to do a better job of leading us to eventually understanding God than anybody else in the world is going to do.

If the teaching of false doctrine is acceptable, then there never was any apostasy.