CMZ Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 All the back and forth talk about McConkie sidesteps the real issue. His merits can be argued until the cows come home. What matters is each person's individual learning by the Spirit. Elder McConkie's writings, though not 100% perfect, are one of the things that help people in learning the gospel. They were a huge help to me, but even then it's not a matter of me leaning on Elder McConkie's writings. All that was just thrown into the mix of reading many other things as well, the scriptures being preeminent. Even then, his writings are not "required" reading. Heck, one could even gain a testimony of the gospel before Bruce was born. If people want they can nitpick about evolution and blacks and the priesthood and whatnot, but you remove all that and you still have an incredible corpus of clear writings on the core doctrines of the gospel. We don't need to gather all the "evidence" for each side to try to come to some perfect determination whether or not any attention should be paid to Elder McConkie. 2
Stone holm Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 All the back and forth talk about McConkie sidesteps the real issue. His merits can be argued until the cows come home. What matters is each person's individual learning by the Spirit. Elder McConkie's writings, though not 100% perfect, are one of the things that help people in learning the gospel. They were a huge help to me, but even then it's not a matter of me leaning on Elder McConkie's writings. All that was just thrown into the mix of reading many other things as well, the scriptures being preeminent. Even then, his writings are not "required" reading. Heck, one could even gain a testimony of the gospel before Bruce was born. If people want they can nitpick about evolution and blacks and the priesthood and whatnot, but you remove all that and you still have an incredible corpus of clear writings on the core doctrines of the gospel. We don't need to gather all the "evidence" for each side to try to come to some perfect determination whether or not any attention should be paid to Elder McConkie.The problem is when GA makes frequent forays out into the bushes..well this the legacy he leaves.
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