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Old 06-20-2008, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by PapilioMemnon View Post
"True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study
of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study
of behavior will improve behavior."
(Boyd K. Packer, "Do Not Fear," Ensign, May 2004, 79)

There is power in the word of God; there is power in reading the scriptures. Any behavior, attitude, or inclination, can be changed if the person reading will be humble enough to try!
I would add that this is not as deep or hard as it may seem - the very definition of intelligence is the ability to learn by experience which implies that a intelligent being can change both attitude and behavior by learning.

If a person cannot change their attitude or behavior it is because they lack the intelligence to do so. The argument that G-d made me this way is resistant to the very intelligence that G-d gave man. It is a denial that G-d gave the person in denial the power of intelligent reason.

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