Christofferson's talk on doctrine

[_Buffalo]

Didn't have to. It's known and understood by me in my quixotic crusade, of which the brethren seem totally unaware.

Fixed it for you.

[_bcspace]

Fixed it for you.

Too bad you can't edit the Newsroom statement or Teaching, No greater call, etc. etc.

[_Buffalo]

Fixed it for you.

Too bad you can't edit the Newsroom statement or Teaching, No greater call, etc. etc.

Christofferson's talk, being more recent, supersedes your the founding document of your personal Mormon offshoot.

[_bcspace]

Christofferson's talk, being more recent, supersedes your the founding document of your personal Mormon offshoot.

But the problem for you is that his talk didn't change anything said before.

[_Buffalo]

Christofferson's talk, being more recent, supersedes your the founding document of your personal Mormon offshoot.

But the problem for you is that his talk didn't change anything said before.

His talk was intended to clarify what is and what is not doctrine. He said nothing about things being published by the church. Isn't that odd?

[_bcspace]

His talk was intended to clarify what is and what is not doctrine.

Nope. He said it right in the beginning, to tell how doctrine is established.

[_Buffalo]

His talk was intended to clarify what is and what is not doctrine.

Nope. He said it right in the beginning, to tell how doctrine is established.

Note the complete absence of references to printing presses. :)

[_bcspace]

Note the complete absence of references to printing presses. :)

While his talk was limited to the establishment of doctrine he did mention how a certain doctrine was disseminated and it happened to be by publication. No other method has been given. For example, we don't sit in our homes with a special antennae hook up which absorbs the doctrine into our brains.

Instead, we read the magazines, we go to Church and get taught out of the manuals. We watch the videos, surf the web site, hand out the pamphlets, view the artwork, and sing the hymns. When BKP says something crazy in Conference, it gets corrected in print. Publication remains the only way to identify doctrine and since it is the only way, everything published is doctrine unless it says otherwise. This is exactly how the Church itself treats it. It's merely common sense.

[_Buffalo]

Note the complete absence of references to printing presses. :)

While his talk was limited to the establishment of doctrine he did mention how a certain doctrine was disseminated and it happened to be by publication. No other method has been given. For example, we don't sit in our homes with a special antennae hook up which absorbs the doctrine into our brains.

Instead, we read the magazines, we go to Church and get taught out of the manuals. We watch the videos, surf the web site, hand out the pamphlets, view the artwork, and sing the hymns. When BKP says something crazy in Conference, it gets corrected in print. Publication remains the only way to identify doctrine and since it is the only way, everything published is doctrine unless it says otherwise. This is exactly how the Church itself treats it. It's merely common sense.

No mention of doctrine being defined by that which is published was even hinted at. If you think you're "reading between the lines" here, I'd invite you to read this Ensign article:

http://www.LDS.org/ensign/2003/03/looki ... k?lang=eng

[_zeezrom]

Would it bother you if someone told you "I am only honest when I am acting as an honest person."?

Why or why not?