Mormon Open Forum

Geoff B over at M* has an interesting post to which my comment was deleted, so I make the comment a post here, where intellectual freedom rings.

For background, Geoff quotes Pres. Faust: “I believe that never before in the history of the Church has there been more unity than exists among my Brethren of the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve, and the other General Authorities of the Church, who have been called and chosen and who are now guiding the Church……………….” ( James E. Faust, “Called and Chosen,” Ensign, Nov. 2005, 53)

And Nero fiddled as Rome burned.

Steve EM

Over at Snarkernacle, even after withdrawing my nomination and obtaining agreement I wouldn’t be in the final tally, I’ve been elected one of three stooges. After someone then snarked an inquiry if Snarkette was my wife, I added:

“No, but I knew her in college. That’s why well managed polygamy is heaven for men. At a minimum, a healthy heterosexual guy needs at least two women on opposite cycles in separate houses. If you have the means and schedule, four wives are ideal on staggered cycles such that you spend ovulation week with each.”

A nerve was hit as both Snarky comments were immediately taken down. Let’s go easy on Snarkette this week. With luck this is only PMS not CMS.

Steve EM

Mark Butler is contaminating M* with spill over from the dark side of New Cool Thang. Much of that weird stuff has lead me to ponder why some of Joseph Smith’s controversial works, like the KFD, are not canonized but others are? Not being canonized made it easy for open minded LDS to take the KFD at less than face value and allowed GBH to thankfully put the nails in that coffin. But what do we do with works that probably should have also shared apocryphal status like the KFD but have ended up in our standard works? Can anything be decanonized in a church as traditional as ours or are we doomed to be stuck on the dark side of some issues?

Steve EM