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Reform Overly Rigid View of the Nature of the Godhead

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The Church should continually work to UNDO the Nicene Creed, instead of creating their own version of it as we sometimes do. Allowing space for MULTIPLE working orthodox Christologies, which help us LEAD greater Christianity into more knowledge instead of simply alienating ourselves from them. Joseph Smith restored at least TWO seemingly distinct Christologies, just […]

Never Glorify Murder or Violence

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In LDS theology, it’s quite common for leaders and teachers to use biblical examples of murder and genocide as example’s of the faithfulness of individuals in scripture[1]. Scriptural stories such as Abraham’s attempted murder of his son, the Levites’ murders at Sinai, Nephi’s murder of Laban, or the Israelite’s genocidal campaign during the conquest of Palestine are […]

Disavow Priesthood Racism

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With the recent Church Essay regarding Blacks and the Priesthood, this reform is now done! (although the church still needs to apologize and explain the incorrect scriptural interpretations which were used to justify the racism) The LDS Church needs to completely disavow it’s historically preached doctrines concerning priesthood racism. Excluding “Blacks” from the priesthood is based […]

Comparing Book of Mormon Geography Models

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TABLE OF CONTENTS/LINKSIssues with most modelsThe heartland modelLimited Mesoamerican models2 Cumorah theoryThe Sorenson/Grijalva modelsThe Usumacinta modelsThe Mexican Highland model Introduction Among Book of Mormon enthusiasts, there are two primary camps of belief concerning where the events in the book took place. One camp, called the Heartland group, believes the Book of Mormon took place in […]

Make Women Truly Equal

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Reform Action #7 of 20   (see all reforms) This is a difficult topic and I need more revelation to treat it properly. As I’ve written and re-written these reform ideas, the Spirit has continually impressed upon the idea that there are deep mysteries concerning the true nature of female priesthood (as intimated in the […]