The Increasing Size Of The Tent Of Mormonism

[canard78]

This cycle has been repeated countless times in every dispensation. It is nothing new, nor it is unexpected.

The attempt to mix the poilitcal and social views of the world with the gospel will pollute the hearts and minds of those who attept to do so. At some future point, there will be a breaking. Those loyal to Christ will stay in the church, those loyal to the philosophies of the world will not.

The church will loose a lot of members, and the work will go on regardless as it always has.

It is simply the way of things. We know how this will end, We know what the winning side will be.

The only question before us is: Which side do we each chose to be on?

I agree that the a scriptures teach a dichotomy. The church of the lamb or the church of the devil. Sheep or goats. But being an active LDS does not you a 'sheep' any more than being non-Mormon (or less believing Mormon) makes you a goat. The church of the lamb reaches both inside and outside of Mormonism.

[Erin15]

What makes one loyal? If one is unorthodox to the some of the majority held beliefs but they lead with faith and seek out the Christ, are they out looking in.

It is a simple matter of priorities. No earthly system of values or politics perfectly meshes with the Gospel. They all have places where they contradict. Look for those places, and see which one side you adopt and which side you don't. That is your priority. That is your loyalty.

For example, I love science, and I use empirical thinking for many of my day-to-day decisions. However, when I find a place where science and the Gospel do not agree, I always default to the Gospel and discard the science that disagrees.

So, getting back to your question, if a person has unorthadox views because their political and social views are a higher priority to them than the Gospel is, then their loyalty is first to their political and social views. They may not have been sifted out of the flock yet, but they have already made their decision about where they stand. It is just a matter of time, at that point.

Edited July 21, 2013 by Erin15

[thesometimesaint]

It is a simple matter of priorities. No earthly system of values or politics perfectly meshes with the Gospel. They all have places where they contradict. Look for those places, and see which one side you adopt and which side you don't. That is your priority. That is your loyalty.

For example, I love science, and I use empirical thinking for many of my day-to-day decisions. However, when I find a place where science and the Gospel do not agree, I always default to the Gospel and discard the science that disagrees.

So, getting back to your question, if a person has unorthadox views because their political and social views are a higher priority to them than the Gospel is, then their loyalty is first to their political and social views. They may not have been sifted out of the flock yet, but they have already made their decision about where they stand. It is just a matter of time, at that point.

The Saints have nothing to fear from science. We do have plenty to fear from those that claim science and/or religion says "X" even when they don't.

The Church can tell me how to go to Heaven, but not how the heavens go.

Galileo

[Erin15]

The Saints have nothing to fear from science. We do have plenty to fear from those that claim science and/or religion says "X" even when they don't.

Oh, that was just an example meant to illustrate, not actually a part of the point I was making.