Comments on: God and Public Policy

By: l'ile

l'ile — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:56:48 +0000

Steve,

btw, I'll forgive your misandry. no hard feelings, ok?

lyle

By: l'ile

l'ile — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:32:35 +0000

Ok Steve C…so which would you suggest? Do I leave off the warning marks…and be Steve E.’s troll? or put it in…so it’s clear to all, and be your misogynist (sp?). frankly, or sarahly,
i’m still laughing…why not join rather than condem? you don’t have to agree…just laugh. it feels goode. honest. :)

By: Steve Cannon

Steve Cannon — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:46:30 +0000

Your attempt to disguise your misogyny as humor works as neither disguise nor humor.

By: lyle

lyle — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 05:12:20 +0000

Warning: slight sarcasm follows ;) Read for humor only.

Yeah! While I had initially voted in the poll to watch all of GC, now I have been liberated only to record it, and run a computer program to scan for the words "Thus saith the Lorde" and then only read/listen to those parts. Only...rats, I guess that will probably scrap the capacity to listen to talks from the RS & Primary presidencies? Of course, since they only talk in mousy little 'sister' voices & only on irrelevant topics that don't have to do with doctrine...no great loss, eh?

!!!J/K!!!

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 04:01:23 +0000

I think the exact opposite. I think the whole lot are only ever speaking for themselves unless they explicitly say otherwise. They've said so many whack things in their official capacities (GC talks) that I know of know other way to interpret them.

That doesn't mean that when they are speaking for themselves (which is most if not all the time) that their opinions are irrelevent and to be discarded.

By: Steve Cannon

Steve Cannon — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 11:33:55 +0000

Interesting theory Mark. Thanks for your insightful comments

By: Mark Trapp

Mark Trapp — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 11:10:57 +0000

To the extent that this conversation began or has evolved into the question of "how do we know when the prophet is saying something the Lord told him to say versus speaking for himself," I must say I find that question irrelevant.

Presumably, the Lord has placed the prophet at the head of his Church because He feels that he would be the best person to administrate it -- thus, whether God tells the prophet every word to say or simply relies on the prophet to come up with it himself is of little consequence -- the prophet is authorized to speak as the head of the church.

Repeat, authorized by God. That's good enough for me, whether he is repeating God's instructions, or whether God relied upon his good judgment. If the Lord himself places his trust and can rely on the prophet with the care of his church on earth, I believe I can place my trust in and rely on the prophet (and his personal judgment), too. Even if the Lord doesn't tell him exactly what to say every time he opens his mouth.

I think the prophet will tell us when he is speaking only for himself.

By: Steve Cannon

Steve Cannon — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 09:37:02 +0000

It might be clear to most now, but I really ought to make it explicit. I was not speaking officially for the blog. I am personally even more grossly intolerant than the blog is.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 03:13:01 +0000

When a group of like-minded people get together to share ideas their discussion runs the risk of become shrill in a short period. Matt Evans once pointed out on T&S that you can get rid of an entire area of thought and discussion will continue to bloom--I think this is the case, but we run the risk of being poorer for it.

In any case, I personally don't view Brent's posts as an area that ought to be beyond the pale of the spirit of this blog.

By: Ann

Ann — Sun, 28 Mar 2004 02:46:36 +0000

Hey, if I want to read what conservative Mormons think, I can go to Meridian. There’s a lot to be said for safe spaces.