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Babyloncansuckit
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Date: January 05, 2018 02:43PM
SouthernDoubter Wrote:
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> Modern revelation brought back temples, where I
> have had very strong personal experiences.
> Temples are holy places - this I believe through
> personal experience. I commune with God better
> there than anywhere else.
Temples have been built in Asia non-stop for thousands of years. They were never gone. The reason Joseph Smith established temples was to administer oaths of secrecy to his mistresses. Maybe he got off on that sort of thing. You can get a special feeling in any temple. Consciousness leaves its imprint on buildings. All it takes is believers.
> Modern revelation introduced priesthood power.
> While the keys of priesthood leadership are
> undoubtedly flawed, or perhaps mythical, the
> blessing power of the priesthood I have seen.
I rank this up there with Dumbo's feather. The priesthood works because you believe it, and you chalk it up to the feather. It's a shortcut to faith. It's a form of white folk magic. White witches have been around far longer than Mormonism. I'll admit Joseph was clever to adopt it.
> Modern revelation introduced the idea of men
> becoming gods. This is the logical path that
> advancing humanity is on, and we can all see.
Megalomaniacs justifying their callous indifference to the masses, to me, doesn't pass for modern revelation. Brigham Young dealt with his enemies the 19th century way - scorched Earth. Read how he treated the original inhabitants of Utah valley here:
http://www.timpanogostribe.comThat Man can think this way shows a profound disconnect with the divine. All that BY revealed was his interpretation of reality as viewed from the inside of his own bung hole.
> I simply want to convey that:
> Just as much as I reject the idea that 'if the BOM
> is true, then I must accept everything that the
> Q15 has ever said,' I also reject the idea that
> 'because the BOA and many other LDS ideas are
> untenable means nothing that has come from modern
> Mormon revelation is true.'
I get it, you're in the "Aw shucks, it can't be that bad" stage. Mormonism is like a $50 cup of coffee. You can get the same cup of coffee anywhere else for $2 to $5.