Brian Nix

All mosquitoes go to heaven.

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

@jason_howerton Exactly. He should put a shirt on.

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

@politicalmath At least they’re genuine …ly stupid 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

No organization (or person) has perfect consistency, so that’s not a standard I would hold against anyone. I will agree that teachings could and would vary by generation or even area, because they were managed by people making their own choices and interpretations. Some liberties were taken and mistakes made. It’s not easy to get 17 million people all on the same page. You and I are even experiencing this same dilemma right here and there’s 2 of us.
Interestingly enough, the word “doctrine” (from the Latin “doctrina”)means: that which is taught. And what is taught can and does vary by who is being taught and even who is teaching it. In this way, doctrine “varies” and progresses over time, and is adjusted to match the teacher and student. The idea that doctrine is a fixed, immovable set of beliefs doesn’t allow for growth or correction and would be a worse system for growing and correcting humans. So even though the church refers to its “doctrine” sometimes seemingly as a fixed point, in reality, and in a church of continuing revelation, the doctrine will change over time. It should be seen as a star to steer you by – not a stick to beat you with. ...just my thoughts.

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

@littlebillie @HolisticNicole @anxhelashqipe @FriedScones Let me know if you’d like to have a respectful dialogue sometime and I’ll answer your questions.

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

@littlebillie @HolisticNicole @anxhelashqipe @FriedScones ? I don’t understand your question.

An apostate is someone who has abandoned or renounced their religious beliefs. How would someone who taught something incorrect qualify them as an apostate?

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

@HolisticNicole @littlebillie @anxhelashqipe @FriedScones Maybe some are hating on you, I don’t know. But what I just read here was people trying to correct a misunderstanding. You say you were taught something and we’re saying if you were taught that it isn’t correct. I don’t see the harm in that. I certainly don’t think it’s hateful.

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

@collinsworth55 @DimitriFed Golf is type-2 fun. It’s not “fun” every second you do it, like type-1 – it’s a memorable and enjoyable event that you engage in and develop over time.

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

@FriedScones Straight to jail

[Brian Nix @beeneeks]

“Stuart said the disagreement is not really about whether Latter-day Saints believe in Jesus Christ.”

Actually that is what it’s about. They say we are heretics. And that we believe in a false god, sometimes saying we are satanic for it.

“Instead, it often comes down to who has the power to define what falls under the Christian umbrella.”

This is more like it - power. If they can remove the LDS from the definition then only they can say what the definition is. It’s circular and self serving, but a great way to try and win an argument. “Sorry, we checked the list of the authorized people that we made and only we are on it.”