NOM

1. Thou shalt teach correct principles and let the people govern themselves
The principle of self-government is basic to the entire administration of the Church. We
operate on the principle of love and persuasion without compulsion. This is the order of
heaven.
President Harold B. Lee, in speaking at a Regional Representatives seminar, told the
following story, which illustrates this principle. He said that he and Elder Melvin J.
Ballard were assigned to attend a regional welfare meeting and stake conference at a
distant stake. When they arrived for the welfare meeting they found everyone in
attendance but one stake president.
“Where is President ______?” Elder Ballard asked the regional chairman.
“I don’t know. He knows about the meeting – I talked with him this morning”
Later the brethren went to the stake president’s home, and they asked his wife where he
was. She replied, “Well, you know there is a banquet for fathers and sons tonight where
you are to speak. He was on the committee to arrange chairs and tables, and he has been
spending all day there.”
Later Elder Ballard said to Elder Lee privately, “Well, I guess if we have a stake president
who thinks he ought to do the work of deacons, we had better get somebody to do the
work of the stake president.” At the next conference there was a reorganization of the
stake presidency.

The oath and covenant of the priesthood have terms and conditions. The covenant on
man’s part is: “I will receive the priesthood. I will magnify my calling in the priesthood. I
will keep the commandments.” The actual language of the revelation states: “. . . live by
every word that proceedeth forth from the mouth of God.” (D&C 84:44.) For the Lord’s
part, the covenant is: “I will, in that event, give you eternal life. All that my Father hath
shall be given unto you.”

Palerider wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:47 pm It's really nice not to have to worry about this stuff anymore. To know that all of the "modern revelation" is phony and baseless.

Christianity has enough complications without all the added gnostic garbage synthesized by Joseph Smith & Co.

It's like, "How many hoops can you jump through while doing three double back flips, a somersault and a half gainer? If you can do that 5 times in a row while balancing a spinning top on your nose and THEN bring me a banana split with whipped cream and a cherry on top......MAYBE....I'll tell God to let you have your salvation.

Now....Tell me how much you adore me for showing you the secret handshakes ... "

Hagoth wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:09 am The amazing thing about these guys is that they expect so much respect, as if they are what they claim to be. There is absolutely nothing that suggests that they really are prophets, seers, revelators and witnesses of Jesus Christ. They're administrators of a corporation that is given billions of tax free dollars every year without the requirement of delivering any kind of product apart from an ongoing sales pitch. And members marvel at their management skills. How hard is it to screw up the management of billions of dollars of free money with no expectations and a mandate to never criticize them no matter how much they do screw up??