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Originally Posted by Archaea
The LDS Faith is one of simplified faith, for the purposes of promoting faith, not academic or intellectual understanding.
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Well, when God hides up the Gold Plates, doesn't physically reveal Himself to mankind on even a localized, let alone universal basis, and so on and so forth, I think the answer is pretty clear.
When God repeatedly instructs us to pray and receive revelation about the truth of things, again it's pretty clear that academic or intellectual considerations are secondary or tertiary.
I firmly believe this is God's design and not the result of a group of theological traditionalists being overprotective of its doctrine. I don't see any signs that God will suddenly have the development of the doctrine of His church primarily driven by
academia/intellectualism rather than the current established method of revelation through those in authority.
That isn't to say that academic study can't enhance or build upon spiritual understanding, but it isn't going to be the prime mover.
Maybe the paradigm shifts during the Millennium.