It’s so exciting to see the gospel move forward in the middle of these Last Days before the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ. We are seeing prophecy happening before our eyes.
“Ordinances instituted in the heavens before the foundation of the world, in the priesthood, for the salvation of men, are not to be altered or changed. All must be saved on the same principles.” (Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 308-also quoted in the LDS Ensign magazine, August 2001, p. 22) How many times, over and over have the "sacred and unchangeable" temple endowment ordinances been changed and changed and changed. My g-g-grandfather, a Danish immigrant and Mormon convert, himself helped to build the Manti Temple. The many endowment changes mock my g-g-grandfather's efforts, sacrifice, and contributions. So the artisanry and craftsmanship of the original builders is something to preserve as authentically as possible, yet the "sacred" ordinances themselves can undergo constant modification and change"? Doesn't anybody see anything amiss there? Seriously? But not only that, every doctrine, ordinances, and principle of the so-called "Restored Gospel" within or without the temple has been changed, omitted, forgotten or "modified" in some fashion since the beginning. Yes, that is most emphatically true. I agree certain policies can be modified to suit circumstances--it doesn't matter where we store the folding chairs, so to speak. But one would be a liar to say that all the doctrine, sacred principle, and ordinance changes down through well more than one hundred years have been only "policy changes." That would be a falsehood, and at the very least, diversion and obfuscation. I seem to remember a recommend question had something to do with being "honest in our dealings." What should apply to the lowest member, however, should also apply to the highest "important" leaders, yet it clearly doesn't. And these critiques don't even get into the myriad of devastating historical problems with this, let's just say to be kind, "organization." Been there, done that, but NO MORE.
I suppose every blessing incurs a responsibility with it. These are great blessings for the church members in this valley!
It’s so exciting to see the gospel move forward in the middle of these Last Days before the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ. We are seeing prophecy happening before our eyes.
Support us with something to survive. Matthew 7:7
“Ordinances instituted in the heavens before the foundation of the world, in the priesthood, for the salvation of men, are not to be altered or changed. All must be saved on the same principles.” (Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 308-also quoted in the LDS Ensign magazine, August 2001, p. 22)
How many times, over and over have the "sacred and unchangeable" temple endowment ordinances been changed and changed and changed. My g-g-grandfather, a Danish immigrant and Mormon convert, himself helped to build the Manti Temple. The many endowment changes mock my g-g-grandfather's efforts, sacrifice, and contributions. So the artisanry and craftsmanship of the original builders is something to preserve as authentically as possible, yet the "sacred" ordinances themselves can undergo constant modification and change"? Doesn't anybody see anything amiss there? Seriously?
But not only that, every doctrine, ordinances, and principle of the so-called "Restored Gospel" within or without the temple has been changed, omitted, forgotten or "modified" in some fashion since the beginning. Yes, that is most emphatically true. I agree certain policies can be modified to suit circumstances--it doesn't matter where we store the folding chairs, so to speak. But one would be a liar to say that all the doctrine, sacred principle, and ordinance changes down through well more than one hundred years have been only "policy changes." That would be a falsehood, and at the very least, diversion and obfuscation. I seem to remember a recommend question had something to do with being "honest in our dealings." What should apply to the lowest member, however, should also apply to the highest "important" leaders, yet it clearly doesn't.
And these critiques don't even get into the myriad of devastating historical problems with this, let's just say to be kind, "organization." Been there, done that, but NO MORE.