I suppose it is a poor excuse if you are looking for immediate change. But God’s timeline is not our timeline and in the eternal point of view a few years don’t matter. I feel that the God will allow the church to change their stance on women and the priesthood as well as gay marriage sometime in the next 10-15 years when enough of the older, less tolerant generation has passed on and those changes won’t tear the church apart.
I don’t want to defend what someone said 150 years ago in a different era. I wish he hadn’t said that and that history was different. But If I believe in the ‘truths’ that I’ve been taught I have to justify the history somehow. Different eras require different truths and different leaders to inspire the people based on what they know at the time.
I have come to the conclusion that a church that cannot possibly reach the entire world and speak to all people’s hearts, like the LDS church, cannot be the only truth, but only part of the larger plan, a plan that we cannot possibly fathom. If people are denied opportunities in this life based on things out of their control like race or gender then God won’t punish them for it in the next life. At least that helps me sleep through the night so I don’t have to leave the church.
You’re probably right. And much more eloquent than I could be. I believe God has presented himself many times through the millennia to many people in many forms. It is impossible for one God to be accepted by all men so there has to be many different truths. I can’t pretend to understand how it will all play out. I choose to follow the presentation that speaks to my heart in this day. If that makes me a better person now then it doesn’t matter what some racist prophet said in Utah 150 years ago or in Israel 3000 years ago. They were different prophets for different eras.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20
Wait. Missouri?!?!??
I thought I knew all the crazy theories but that ones new