http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2007/09/26/correct-principles/ <![CDATA[Comments on: Correct Principles]]> Jonathan WordPress 2007-10-20T21:34:43Z http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2007/09/26/correct-principles/comment-page-1/#comment-2303 2007-10-20T21:34:43Z <![CDATA[Comment by: LDS Anarchist]]> http://ldsanarchy.wordpress.com/ Both Young and Hinckley are correct. Young was correct when he said, “The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy.” And Hinckley was correct when he said, ““I condemn [polygamy], yes, as a practice, because I think it is not doctrinal.” Of, course, Hinckley expressed his thoughts (beliefs or opinions.) He did not offer a definitive First Presidency Statement to the same, but in this instance, none is needed. His thought is correct. At the present time, polygamy, meaning a man having more than one living wife is not doctrinal. But we do practice “vicarious” polygamy, still, meaning that a man may be sealed to more than one wife, one living and the other(s) deceased. The law of chastity deals with legal and lawful. Currently polygamy is illegal if more than one wife is alive.

]]> http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2007/09/26/correct-principles/comment-page-1/#comment-2306 2007-10-21T06:54:01Z <![CDATA[Comment by: Jonathan Blake]]> http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/ Greetings LDS Anarchist,

It would be interesting to talk about how anarchy/libertarianism fits into the LDS framework.

I realize that a legalistic parsing of their words could be made to reconcile what these two men have said, but that makes Hinckley a dissembler. It makes someone who is supposed to be God’s mouthpiece seem like he’s skirting the issue in order to avoid saying the plain truth: we still believe in polygamy; we just don’t practice it while any given wife is alive; we expect that every man who inherits the Celestial Kingdom will have more than one wife. That’s the simple, plain truth, so why should the prophet of God mince words? It sure seems like he wants the church to be accepted as a mainstream Christian church with priesthood authority, or something.

However you see the polygamy question, it’s much more difficult to reconcile these two men’s views on the Adam-God doctrine, for example. This and other LDS doctrines have changed over time making one prophet contradict another.

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