Information about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon church) can be put into two categories: doctrine and folklore or myths. Elder John Taylor, before he became president of the LDS church, said the church can not be held accountable for statements made by Elders of the church. The church can only be held accountable for the Standard Works of the church. Four books comprise the Standard Works: the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
Since scriptural statements are open to interpretation, the President of the Church is accepted by LDS as the prophet of the church, and as such he is the only person who can give official interpretations of scripture and the issuance of new doctrine. Statements made by other persons, including General and local authorities, must be considered their personal viewpoints, and the church is not responsible for their statements.
The Mormon church has several websites that give positions adopted by the church. The two basic websites are http://mormon.org and http://lds.org In addition, several websites exist under the domain of lds.org. However, there are many websites created by members of the church. I have created several sites about the church. My Mormon blog gives my understanding of the basic doctrine of the church. My Gateway blog gives links to Mormon and other websites and can be used as ones home page. This blog gives some of my speculations about topics not clearly explained in the scriptures. A knowledge of these topics is not essential to ones salvation, and visitors to this blog must realize that this blog deals with speculations and not with church doctrine.
All visitors to this blog are invited to leave comments on appropriate pages giving their views of the topics being discussed. I reserve the right, however, to delete comments that are contentious.
Many of the posts in this blog were copied from my science and Mormonism blog. That blog now contains links to scientific articles, and this blog contains topics that are open to speculation.
A few of the posts contain introductory information from Wikipedia. Links given in the Wikipedia information have been deleted to simplify the reading of this blog. Links to the Wikipedia articles, however, are given so visitors can access the Wikipedia articles and links.
This blog gives my personal views on the topics discussed, and it is not approved by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and does not represent the church.
Welcome to this blog. I hope you will find information here that will broaden your views of the "mysteries" of Mormonism
Since scriptural statements are open to interpretation, the President of the Church is accepted by LDS as the prophet of the church, and as such he is the only person who can give official interpretations of scripture and the issuance of new doctrine. Statements made by other persons, including General and local authorities, must be considered their personal viewpoints, and the church is not responsible for their statements.
The Mormon church has several websites that give positions adopted by the church. The two basic websites are http://mormon.org and http://lds.org In addition, several websites exist under the domain of lds.org. However, there are many websites created by members of the church. I have created several sites about the church. My Mormon blog gives my understanding of the basic doctrine of the church. My Gateway blog gives links to Mormon and other websites and can be used as ones home page. This blog gives some of my speculations about topics not clearly explained in the scriptures. A knowledge of these topics is not essential to ones salvation, and visitors to this blog must realize that this blog deals with speculations and not with church doctrine.
All visitors to this blog are invited to leave comments on appropriate pages giving their views of the topics being discussed. I reserve the right, however, to delete comments that are contentious.
Many of the posts in this blog were copied from my science and Mormonism blog. That blog now contains links to scientific articles, and this blog contains topics that are open to speculation.
A few of the posts contain introductory information from Wikipedia. Links given in the Wikipedia information have been deleted to simplify the reading of this blog. Links to the Wikipedia articles, however, are given so visitors can access the Wikipedia articles and links.
This blog gives my personal views on the topics discussed, and it is not approved by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and does not represent the church.
Welcome to this blog. I hope you will find information here that will broaden your views of the "mysteries" of Mormonism
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