Interesting, notice president Hinckley talks about it not being publicly discussed
"I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it. I haven't heard it discussed for a long time in public discourse."
President Hinckley does not say that it's not true; he just de-emphasizes it because he knows it can cause those who don't know enough to stumble.
Well said, if you are trying to tell the truth without giving meat before milk, but I'll bet CC won't like it.
Num. 22:
18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Joseph was given knowledge all through his mission, much we have details on, sadly there was *more details about the about the temple he was teaching that are left undone before he was murdered!
*These things surface when you read certain histories it is mention in passing!
I read one time in an unoffical book mention in passing that Joseph was preparing a couple for Marriage in the Temple and he was going to teach more during the next council....
The book was about formation of planets I forget can't find my copy!
No, I do not like it. This kind of "trap them before they know any better," tactic is abusive in my opinion.
Have you read the statistics about how many converts actually stay active in the Church after this "meat doctrine" is introduced.
This is from the Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com July 26, 2005
Excerpt: ‘The problem originates in the faith's tradition of rapid conversion of investigators to the church according to David Stewart, a church member and researcher who has studied the problem of member retention in the church.
Stewart, who has studied the question for over 14 years, said that such quick conversions are a "recipe for inactivity."
"I'm encouraged that there is a little bit of awareness of the problem," he said.
The American Religious Identification Survey of 2001 the Graduate Center of City University of New York said in a report that the same number of people had left the Mormon church in the United States as had joined it.’
He said he does not even know if the LDS Chgurch teaches that doctrine. If he was merely trying to "de-emphasize" it, then he is a liar. If he really doesn't know if the LDS Church teaches that, then you, by claiming it is part of LDS teaching, are either misguided or someone has been lying to you.
Can you state with certainty that the LDS Church teaches that God was once a man and that you may someday become equal to Him? Do you have any official sources which proclaim this doctrine today?