Apr 17, 2011

All things shall be done by common consent in the church

Reasons to agree


  1. The raising of the right hand, as done in the LDS church, does not result in a church being led by common consent. 





  1.  It would be impractical to allow everyone to vote.

  2. It is better to just have common consent among the 12

  3. We have common consent, when everyone raises their right hand




Scriptures that agree












Scriptures that disagree




  1.  




Interest of those who agree
















Interest of those who disagree






  1.  




Common Interest












Opposing Interest

























# of reasons to agree: 0





# of reasons to disagree: -0




# of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0




# of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0




Total Idea Score: 0










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Doubting and questioning is a factor of personality not intelligence or righteousness

Reasons to agree


  1. There are smart people inside and outside of every church. 

  2. Doubting and questioning is a factor of integrity, or the ability to tell yourself that you won't push down and ignore doubt. 





  1.  Some stories are not logical. It takes some intelligence to see error in logic. 

  2. Stupid people are more easily led. 



Scriptures that agree










Scriptures that disagree



  1.  



Interest of those who agree





  1. Wanting to think they are smart even though they believe. 







Interest of those who disagree





  1. Wanting to think they are smart because they doubt. 



Common Interest










Opposing Interest





















# of reasons to agree: 0



# of reasons to disagree: -0


# of reasons to agree with reasons to agree: 0


# of reasons to disagree with reasons to agree: 0


Total Idea Score: 0






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