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scottie · 02-11-2008, 03:06 PM

How do you handle false doctrines that get taught from time to time (more often than not, IMO) in LDS Church meetings? Do you bite your tongue b/c you know the teacher doesn't mean any harm? Would you respond differently if you had a non-member friend visiting with you? I'm not talking about blatantly false doctrine (I'm assuming that gets corrected by someone in attendance); here's an example of what I mean:

Yesterday in EQ our instructor, from his opening statement to the very end, was teaching that Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith are equals in our church (trust me that I wasn't taking that out of context). Because I'm a lifelong LDS member and understand the Mormon programming/culture and knew he meant no harm, I didn't say anything. However, had I had a non-member friend with me, I would have raised my hand and said something like, "Let's make sure we're clear on what's being taught -- you're not really trying to say that JC and JS are equals (even though that's exactly what he was saying), rather you're saying they both have/had important roles in our salvation." By the way, no one in the class challenged anything the instructor said.

I guess this is what I struggle with -- why do we only speak up if the false doct. is either 1) blatant or 2) if we're worried what a visiting non-member might think?

02-11-2008, 03:06 PM	#1
scottie Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 525	False doctrine taught in church How do you handle false doctrines that get taught from time to time (more often than not, IMO) in LDS Church meetings? Do you bite your tongue b/c you know the teacher doesn't mean any harm? Would you respond differently if you had a non-member friend visiting with you? I'm not talking about blatantly false doctrine (I'm assuming that gets corrected by someone in attendance); here's an example of what I mean: Yesterday in EQ our instructor, from his opening statement to the very end, was teaching that Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith are equals in our church (trust me that I wasn't taking that out of context). Because I'm a lifelong LDS member and understand the Mormon programming/culture and knew he meant no harm, I didn't say anything. However, had I had a non-member friend with me, I would have raised my hand and said something like, "Let's make sure we're clear on what's being taught -- you're not really trying to say that JC and JS are equals (even though that's exactly what he was saying), rather you're saying they both have/had important roles in our salvation." By the way, no one in the class challenged anything the instructor said. I guess this is what I struggle with -- why do we only speak up if the false doct. is either 1) blatant or 2) if we're worried what a visiting non-member might think?