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Not necessarily. Beating yourself over the head trying to find answers to questions that have none is less effective too.
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His other questionable comment was when he claimed that we don't teach that man can become like God. Do you think that is an honest statement? Did I miss a doctrinal change somewhere? Unlike polygamy and the priesthood ban, that one IS covered in our standard literature.
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We're all relatively mature, strong-testimonied people here on CG (or so we like to think), and we can't even come to any agreement on the doctrine. Quote:
As to the being like God doctrine, I do think Hinckley side-stepped that one, but you're really being unfair. That is not the proper forum to launch into a discussion of any semi-controversial doctrine, because it's hard to get a fair hearing in a heavily edited 10- or 20-minute segment. I don't think his demurring on that issue is representative of what we're talking about here.
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Perhaps their priorities are misplaced.
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how judgmental are you, to assess another's priorities?
You have every right and duty to judge your emotional priorities, and I won't condemn you for your self-assessments, but for you to determine first what their priorities are, and then to determine that they are misplaced is extremely judgmental and harmful.
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Once again, it is quite relevant and important to the people we are evangelizing. Mike Wallace asked that question not just for personal curiousity, but because it is (and always will be) relevant. Good journalists ask relevant questions. Quote:
If he didn't want to talk about it, he could have just said so. Instead he gave a dishonest answer. I would hardly call that "demurring". Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the interview and I think he did a great job overall. But I certainly squirmed over those two answers, especially the second one. I am guessing GBH regretted how he answered that one as well once he had time to think about it.
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