Apr 8, 2021
Sketching speakers during General Conference. posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CNadmtxDWAb/
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Sketching speakers during General Conference. posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CNadmtxDWAb/
Discipleship begins with three simple words: Believe, love, and do.
Dieter F. Utchdorf
He is the central focus of our worship. He is the Son of the living God, the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten in the flesh. He is “risen from the dead, … the firstfruits of them that slept” (1 Corinthians 15:20). He is the Lord who shall come again “to reign on the earth over his people” (D&C 76:63; see also Micah 4:7; Revelation 11:15).
A blog describing my journey out of Mormonism and the other writings I have done to help me cope with leaving.
Mormons talk a lot about General Conference, which is happening this weekend. In Mormonism, there is a tradition of turning to leaders for guidance, and there seems to be a cultural idea that the higher the leader, the better the guidance, so hearing from the highest leaders (especially the top of the top leader, the prophet, who they believe is God's mouthpiece) is seen as a real treat. In light of this, I want to bring up the LDS break off sect, the FLDS. The FLDS group believes that Warren Jeffs is a prophet and that he speaks for God. They also believe in the Book of Mormon and the early Mormon prophets like Brigham Young and Joseph Smith. How is following Warren Jeffs different than following Thomas Monson, the mainstream prophet? Mormons believe in following the prophet. Warren Jeffs' followers also believe in following him as their prophet. Both of them claim continuing revelation. Both of them claim to have priesthood authority that comes from God through Joseph Smith. If Warren Jeffs is wrong, will his followers question him? If Thomas Monson is wrong, will his followers question him? It really scares me to see this level of devotion to leaders in any religion, especially in these two religions because they hit so close to home for me.
Warren Jeffs has done horrible things. I think the Mormon church has also done horrible things, more so in the past than Warren Jeffs, but on a much larger scale. To be clear, that doesn't mean I think that Mormons are bad people, just like I don't think Warren Jeffs' followers are bad people. But I think that a belief that men can speak for God is harmful and dangerous. It's too much power for any one person or organization and is often abused. General Conference time makes me sad because it reminds me of these issues and how it seems to be impossible for me to talk to Mormons about this without them feeling attacked. I don't mean this to be an attack. This is something that sincerely worries me and that I really do think is dangerous.
The Cornerstone
He is the chief cornerstone of the Church that bears His name, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There is no other name given among men whereby we can be saved (see Acts 4:12). He is the Author of our salvation, the Giver of eternal life (see Hebrews 5:9). There is none to equal Him. There never has been. There never will be. Thanks be to God for the gift of His Beloved Son, who gave His life that we might live and who is the chief, immovable cornerstone of our faith and His Church.
...how blessed we are to have the plan of salvation and the increased guidance from apostles, friends and leaders...
Elder Russel M. Nelson
LDS CONFERENCE
anyone planning in listening to the #ldsconference ... there is some really good messaging about victims not being at fault for any abuse, and suicide prevention... it still mentions those topics and is pretty heavy.just a heads up.#LDS #GeneralConference
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