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Old 08-03-2007, 04:22 PM   #34
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And, as I said, LDS leaders used to be the intellectuals. That, to me, is a change . . . a mixed message, if you will.

Not to mention the way some LDS use intellectual arguments when they're convenient, and then discard them for the non-quantifiable "emotion" argument when they're not.
I don't know what to tell you about the former ... the church changes and evolves. I don't know how that amounts to a mixed message.

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IMO, No.
All revelation is not created equal. Doctrinal revelations are not common any longer ("this generation shall have my word through [Joseph Smith]") but revelations clarifying the doctrine, and indicating the direction to take the work, are common, and dare I say, daily.

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