Signey Rigdon was from the “Cambellite” movement. What’s interesting is that he influenced Smith to introduce weekly communion services.
What’s weird is that in the Mormon church, instead of bread and wine (or grape juice) on a weekly basis, they instituted bread and water.
My conclusion: they didn’t want to talk about the blood of Christ. They wanted to talk about water, which is only symbolic of a one-time baptism. The blood of Christ is not in their repertoire. Why not, they are gods-becoming, and teach that they will be on a level with Jesus (the spirit brother of saton).
Hey! If they talk about the blood of Christ, and the sacrifice He had to make, all those Gods-becoming might have to consider that in some future planet, if they indeed will be gods on a parity with Jesus, they might have to hang on a cross and shed their blood to have parity with Jesus Christ.
Not an appealing thought when talking about conversion to the LDS, eh?
Nevermind, we’ll just have water and drop this blood thing. That could get these gods-becoming a little nervous.
That's an interesting take, considering their disdain for the cross, about the Blood of Christ.
In my years as a mormon, I never really heard the reason for the day-old bread and water...I just figured it was thriftiness. I did wonder at times if the servers who tore the bread into little bitsy pieces washed their hands before doing it, though.