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Old 08-01-2007, 11:53 PM   #1
Archaea
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Default The LDS Faith is one of simplified faith, for the purposes of promoting faith, not

academic or intellectual understanding. This is not to say the proponents of this approach are simple minded, stupid or uneducated, but rather a conscious choice was made some time to avoid the historical Judeo-Christian approach.

As a result in explaining our religious principles, we tend to shove our academics in the background, and press forward. In terms of growth and conversion the approach has worked.

Do you believe we will always favor that approach, or do you believe the Church as it matures will also tend to listen to its scholars in matters of theology?

Discuss if you don't mind. I don't mean this discussion for sarcastic purposes, but I am wondering if you believe we'll continue on the course unchanged, as in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", or whether the demands of an increasing world of information will require the Church to take a retooled approach to theological matters.
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