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I do have to credit whichever GAs that finally put an end to GAs serving on corporate boards.
I just don't see apostles serving on outside non-church corporated boards as in any way, shape, or form congruent with what I think of apostles from the Bible. |
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Where is the training for revelation? If you don't understand the revelatory process, how can you become a revelator? As you note, we had a burst of revelations through Joseph Smith and not the same as before. Linguists and philosophers try to understand the nature of language and the process of knowledge and/or revelation. Without understanding the process, we may lose a lot in the translation. Maxwell was an educator, as I remember, but last time I looked as Blue K has noted, he's not talking in GC. And btw, he was my favorite speaker for use of language.
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Second, if understanding modern philosophy is a required course in becoming a revelator, count me out. Neither Joseph nor Brigham had any philosophy training, and I'm pretty sure some of the philosophies of the day were the very ideas they were condemning.
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I can understand that argument for historical scriptural exegesis but that's not necessary in order to receive revelation.
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Joseph Smith was a classic prophet, in the prophetic sense. He had a theophany, which he reported often. He pursued and romanced philosophies and studies, as shown in the school of the prophets. Gotta go for a moment.
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Joseph condemned some ideas and readily absorbed others. He was something of a philosophical mag pie. Quinn's book on Mormonism and the Magic World View comes to mind.
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We have CES, businessmen and lawyers. We have a physician and several college administrators. The education seem mostly angled toward business and administration, which given their heavy administrative load makes a lot of practical sense, but we're losing some of the richness we once enjoyed. Maybe it will even out in the end. However, their circles from which they select will necessarily be the same, so we may be weeding out the thinkers, the arts and letter guys, for the nuts and bolts types.
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Our school presidents are GAs and our GAs are school presidents.
I think that's your answer. |
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