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Date: July 10, 2013 02:34AM
RE link:
http://deseretbook.com/We-Believe-Doctrines-Principles-Church-Jesus-Christ-Latter-Day-Saints-Rulon-T-Burton/i/5014396Why isn't Thomas S. Monson the author of this book?
The answer is deniability. When something goes wrong with any of these attempts (like "Answers to Gospel questions", "Mormon doctrine" -- and all the others), then the "Prophet" can easily disown what was said and walk away clean.
That is what has happened every time. All the "prophet" has to say is something like: "I don't know that we teach that." or "That's more of a couplet than anything." It was never doctrine, just someone's opinion.
These doctrinal books always seem to be officially, unofficial. The idea is to use them while they still work, and then abandon them when things go wrong.