A funny quirk in a church that is built on restoration is that the general membership seems to think all changes are the product of restoration, indicating that the old way was wrong or uninspired and the new way must be the one true correct way.
@melonakos@KimballCall@TheCougChron@jjgallini It’s not strictly personal when it’s posted publicly, and when he builds a business around it.
Doesn’t it concern you that it was so easy to sniff out and yet somehow he passed the media team’s review?
i’ve been thinking about this in football terms.
the objective isn’t to win arguments. it’s to reconcile hearts to truth. scripture calls us to speak “the truth in love,” because truth and love belong on the same team. (ephesians 4:15)
Clint, that's a strawman. No one says scripture forbids a society helping the poor. We oppose government welfare funded by forced taxation because the gospel calls for voluntary charity, self-reliance, family responsibility, and Church assistance, not state coercion. King Benjamin taught freewill giving from our own substance.
The Church does not teach that government (esp. the fed gov) should administer welfare. The Handbook simply acknowledges existing taxes and counsels us to use available resources when needed; it does not endorse the system itself.
"By deriving its just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute the wealth" - President Benson