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Originally Posted by homeboy
I'll bite.
Many prophets, including BY, have stated that we should attempt to get a spiritual confirmation on whether or not what a church leader tells us in fact true; i.e., whether or not said prophet was truly speaking for the Lord in a particular instance. This implies that prophets are human and fallible.
If you are going to argue that prophets are infallible, then I say good luck. You have a tough job ahead of you.
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I don't thing that implies prophets are infallible (I'm not arugueing that they're perfect, but I don't believe that's what the scripture says). I believe the reason we are encouraged to gain a testimony for ourselves is we're more likely to follow and want to follow if we've had a spiritual confirmation for ourselves.
I believe prophets make mistakes, yes. But I don't believe prophets make mistakes that cause millions of people to be unable to participate as a full member in the Lord's Kingdom. I believe the fact that many prophets after BY continued with the ban only strengthens the position that this wasn't some, "Oops, I really messed things up" by BY.
It's right there, in the scriptures, that the voice of the Lord's servants, when speaking as prophet, is the same as the Lord speaking.