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Originally Posted by AnthonyB
Hopefully without being too offensive, isn't the concept that following the "prophet" absolves from one from personal moral responsbility to follow God's revealed law problematic.
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This isn't the case at all. The prophets of modern day are as the prophets of the Old Testament; the apostles of the modern day are as the apostles of the New Testament. If they are truly prophets of the Lord- which Mormons believe (and I know) they are- then their advice, when understood via the Holy Ghost, will never contradict previously revealed scripture (if what is revered as scripture is really inspired and from a previous prophet).
Not coincidentally, one of the most often repeated messages from the Mormon prophets are to study the scriptures (that includes the Bible). Therefore, a belief in modern prophets does not absolve one from the moral duty of studying previously revealed scripture- in fact, the belief in modern prophets reinforces the need to study scripture by offering another powerful, living witness that God loves us and sees fit to impart His wisdom to us via the prophets who wrote past scripture.
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Originally Posted by AnthonyB
Isn't that how fringe "Mormon" groups justify all sorts of excesses?
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Yep. Subverting the correct hierarchy of truth is the most effective way to justify sin.
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2 Nephi 2:25: Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy.
2 Nephi 25:23, 26: For we labor diligently... to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do... And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.
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