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Originally Posted by Aesa
I think that's a little too blanketed.
It almost feels like "let us just be quiet and accept what the Church says," now that said I understand why an LDS person would believe this 100%.
The leadership, when they speak, it is as if God is speaking -- no?
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In this case yes its scripture - and no we do not accept things 100% because the Prophet speaks we accept because of the Gift of the Holy Ghost and personal revelation, speaks to us that he is a Prophet of God - there are things that my Stake President and Branch President say that I know through the Holy Ghost and personal revelation and I equally take as scripture, but as I have known of my branch president since college, not every talk he has ever given has spoken to my heart (although to be honest most have) . There are conversations I have had with my husband I treat as scripture for my family.
Like I said in a previous post something happened to me and I know the truth of what Joseph Smith taught in the 1838 revelation because a certain aspect of it happened to me. But its personal to every Latter Day Saint why that revelation 1838 is the truth for them, I reckon you could have 40 of us reply to this thread and get 40 different responses. This is what a relationship with our Heavenly Father is about.
=Charley