Mormon Doctrine alive and well

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by FMCoug

What it comes down to for me is that if that the belief in scriptural / prohpetic / GA inerrancy is a really tough corner to get out of once one has painted himself into it.

Don't all statements of prophets (be they ancient or modern) need to be viewed through the lens of their times? They ARE human after all.

Dare I be so heretical as to say 50 years from now we may look back on some of the things that GBH or other prophets from "our time" said with a critical eye? Will that change the fact that they are prophets? Of course not.

I agree. Prophets are primarily for their own time. They needed them then and we need our prophets today. If that weren't true we may as all become Baptist and pretend we can go fine for 2,000+ years without them. Bruce R McConkie belongs to another era, so what Triplet says sounds fine to me. What Brigham Young said to his audience is not necessarily all authoritative or doctrinal for us today.