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JFS denounces as false doctrine the teaching that Christ will return when we are righteous enough to receive Him. JFS explains that Christ will come when He will come, not when we want Him to. Ive heard this teaching repeated a few times at church, and Ive often wondered what people mean by it. Now I know I dont need to try to decipher it because its not true (whatever it is that it is supposed to mean). JFS says that missionaries bring the gospel of peace to the countries in which they are allowed to preach. When a country refuses to allow the missionaries, then the country will only have turmoil, and eventually, war. I have often thought that the church doesnt send missionaries into countries where they wont be safe, even if the countries would allow proselyting (i.e., most of the middle east, China, Cuba, North Korea, some nations in Africa, etc.), but according to JFS, those countries arent safe (i.e., filled with turmoil and some on the brink of all out war) because they wont allow the LDS church to preach there. I thought this was a very interesting perspective and a cool reversal of the way we normally think about things.JFS says, in a talk in the early 1900s, that Christ will return during the lifetime of some of those present. I just read in 1 Thessalonians where Paul said essentially the same thing. Does every Christian, regardless of when they live, believe that Christ will return during their lifetime?JFS says that everyone, including the saints in Utah, were to blame for the Great Depression because they did not follow Gods commandments as well as they should have. By the way, JFS was VERY anti-union, and apparently blames unions, at least in part, for the Depression. JFS also says that he was against the draft in WWII. Not because he had an objection to war, but because he was concerned for the spiritual welfare of the boys who would be drafted and then exposed to the harsh conditions of war and the worldly ways of the typical GI. JFS explained which particular commandments he believes, if kept, would prevent so much calamity and suffering on the earth: love God and love your neighbor as yourself. I agree with this 100%.Apparently several people asked JFS during WWII whether that war was the final battle leading into the return of Christ on the earth. JFSs response was (Im paraphrasing): I dont know, but what does it matter?Whether its this war or another one some time in the future, we need to be ready for the end of the world. I was reminded of BRMs commentary on a particular passage in the Gospels that I had trouble understanding. I believe it is a JST of a parable in Luke saying that Christs return will be as a thief in the night and that the thief may come several times throughout the night. Per BRM, this means that, when we die, it is like our own personal second coming. The message is: dont procrastinate repentance. Be ready now for Christs return.JFS says that wives can place their hands on their childrens heads, as their husbands give the children blessings. The wives dont hold the priesthood, but they can show their faith in the ordinance being performed by participating in the circle. Christa was asleep when I read this, unfortunately, but I need to get her opinion on this for sure. So I asked her about it later, and she said that she thinks JFS was off his rocker and that she is not going to participate in blessing our children. Its too bad, really, because I think it would be kind of cool for both of us to place our hands on the kids heads for blessings. Nearly a whole chapter on the importance of the Patriarch to the Church, a calling that is given based on lineal descent. If JFS has been born a little later, he probably would have been the Church Patriarch rather than an apostle and eventually the prophet. I wonder what JFS thinks now that the church has ended that particular calling.JFS says that we obviously cannot take everything in the Bible literally. Christ is not literally a lamb. There probably werent 10 virgins in real life. We arent going to turn into literal wheat and tares. I find this teaching interesting, particularly given JFSs teaching (from earlier in the three-volume work) that when the Bible says the earth was created in 6 days, it means the earth was literally created in 6 days (and approximately 6000 years ago). If it is true that we should not read the entire Bible literally (and I believe that that is true), where do we draw the line? Why cant the flood have been a local event? Does it matter whether Job actually existed? Why cant the story of Job be an extended parable? Additionally, JFS denigrates scholarly Bible criticism, and blasts in particular the questioning of Bible authorship. Again, why does it matter whether Hebrews was written by Paul? So long as the message is one that was inspired by God from which we can learn important spiritual truths, does it matter whether the message came from the person who purportedly wrote it? Does it matter if the story conveying the message is a matter of historical fact in all of its details? I dont believe that it matters, and interestingly, JFS appears to leave the door open (even if by only a crack) to the possibility that we should not read the creation account or the story of the flood literally.Anti-Mormons often claim that the Church has hid the fact that JS used a seer stone in a hat to translate the BoM. Their claim is bolstered by a couple of things. One is the fact that all official paintings the Church has put out showing the translation process have JS sitting at a table with the plates in front of him, intently staring at the characters on the plates while a scribe, usually painted to look like Oliver Cowdery, sits nearby with quill in hand ready to write down JSs dictation. The other arrow in the anti-Mormon quiver are quotes from the chapter I just read in this book. But when read closely, the quotes are not as strong as the antis claim. JFS usually (but not always) makes clear that it is his OPINION (i.e., not Gospel Truth) that JS used the Urim and Thummim he was given with the plates--the two clear stones set in a silver bow attached to a breastplate--to translate the BoM. Additionally, the source BRM gives in the book for many of JFSs statements is personal correspondence meaning that the statements were probably not meant for the public. Nevertheless, JFS clearly states that he believed JS did NOT use a seer stone as a vehicle for translation, or for the receipt of revelation, for that matter. As Church Historian, JFS had wide-open access to all sorts of documents that contradicted his belief. How, then, could he have plausibly believed his statement that a seer stone was not used? I think it was because he totally discounted any statements coming from someone who ended up with the RLDS church because JFS DESPISED the RLDS church and likely believed, quite honestly, that those associated with the RLDS church could not be believed. After all, they adamantly denied JS taught and practiced polygamy, despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary (a denial that they have more recently retracted). If they were willing to ignore reality on that issue, JFS likely thought that they were willing to make things up about other issues as well. I think that JFS legitimately believed that the statements from the Whitmers and from Emma Smith Bidaman could not be trusted because those individuals eventually were associated with the RLDS church. There are a few problems with JFSs stated beliefs, however. First, he doesnt seem to acknowledge the numerous statements that were from other sources, which, in his mind at least, were more credible. For example, Joseph Knight, Sr. and Martin Harris both said that JS used the seer stone in a hat to translate the BoM. There truly are WAY more witnesses describing JS with his head in a hat than there are references to the clear stones in a silver bow. Additionally, if read closely, the term Urim and Thummim was used by early saints to refer to the seer stone as well as the spectacles that came with the BoM, so statements about JS using the Urim and Thummim to translate could really be references to use of the seer stone. Finally, what possible motive would witnesses have, RLDS or otherwise, to lie about JSs method of translating the BoM? I cant think of one. Having said all of that, I still think there is little evidence that JFS intentionally lied about or hid evidence regarding JSs use of the seer stone in a hat. In any event, JFS simply stated his opinion about (presumably) conflicting reports. Now, JFSs statements on the location of the Hill Cumorah are an entirely different matter. He emphatically states that Cumorah/Ramah cannot be located anywhere but in New York where JS found the gold plates. As evidence for his conclusion, JFS cites the section of the D&C that talks about glad tidings from Cumorah, the fact that JS never corrected anyone that called that hill Cumorah, the story of the Lamanite warrior Zelph, whose skeleton members of Zions Camp found while on their march to Missouri, and the reference in the History of the Church to the ancient Nephite city of Manti being located in Missouri. All of these points are legitimate, (except for maybe the last one -- I recently read an article in BYU Studies that calls into serious doubt the veracity of the reference to Manti in the perennially unreliable History of the Church), but I still believe there is overwhelming evidence that the events of the BoM all took place in a limited geographic area in Meso-America. Moreover, if Moroni was being hunted by Lamanites after the great battle in which his father was killed -- a battle that took place at Cumorah -- why would Moroni return to Lamanite controlled land, to the very spot where his father was killed, to bury the plates? Isnt it more plausible that he fled northward, away from the Lamanite lands, and eventually made his way up to New York?JFS denounces as apostates those who believe in evolution and those who agree with higher criticism of the Bible (i.e., scholars who do not accept the Bible as 100% truthful in every single thing it says and who believe that many of the books in the Bible were not written by those who are traditionally named as authors). JFS does not mention any other specific belief or practice, and he condemns both evolution and higher Biblical criticism in the same sentence. I believe in evolution, and I agree with much of what modern Bible scholars say about the authenticity and composition of the Bible. There is no question that, in JFSs eyes, I am an apostate.JFS says that we must not speak evil of the Lords anointed, meaning that we should not pass judgment on or say bad things about Church leaders (he says the Priesthood but Im sure he meant all leaders, men and women, at least, I hope thats what he meant). He then challenges those who do criticize church leaders to find one instance where a leader has taught something contrary to the principles of righteousness. In the very same book from which I am reading this challenge, JFS taught that Blacks cannot hold the priesthood because they were less valiant in the pre-mortal world. I believe that that teaching is racist and is contrary to principles of righteousness, particularly where the Church has now explicitly repudiated those teachings. In other words, Church leaders CAN and DO make mistakes. They CAN and DO teach things that are not in harmony with the peace and love of God. I do not think we are speaking evil of the Lords anointed when we recognize that a Church leader has taught something that is not right. How we react to that recognition, however, is the key to not breaking our covenant to not speak badly about our leaders.The last several chapters of the book were about the Mormon pioneers, and I genuinely enjoyed reading them. Those that crossed the plains to Utah were indeed the wheat of the early Church; the chafe were scattered from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania to Texas and other locations. I was surprised at how laudatory JFS was of the community-minded spirit of the early settlers in Utah. JFS says that the people worked because the work needed done, not to obtain any money. In fact, per JFS, there was very little money to go around. Additionally, when Brigham Young would send people off to begin new settlements, those people were given the things they would need to establish a town and start farms. JFS also says that the early settlers would share with others all the time, taking only the things they needed, and if they had excess or some tool that they didnt need, it would be passed on to those who did need it. That type of economy sounds very communistic to me. JFS takes it a step further and says that those who were gathering to the Utah territory were the good working class of the various societies and nations they came from. They were the blood and sinews of the economy -- those that the aristocracy exploited to maintain their exorbitant life styles. In short, JFS seemed to have had a very proletariat v. aristocracy attitude, which surprises me quite a bit.The very last paragraph of the book talks about the damnable lies that were spread about the Mormons in Utah and the trouble that those lies caused. The citation for the quote is from a book that was called Blood Atonement and the Origin of Plural Marriage which sounds like a TOTALLY AWESOME book. Ill have to track it down sometime. Having finished this book, I am struck by how good JFS was. He obviously knew the scriptures very, very well, and he understood classic mid-20th century Mormon doctrine perfectly. Indeed, he was probably the biggest influence on the shape of Mormon doctrine from that time period. His influence on his son-in-law, Bruce McConkie is obvious. I am also struck, however, by how often JFS said things that we no longer believe in or overstated some particular principle. This book is a reminder that we, as members, should not blindly follow every word that has been said by every church leader. We must think for ourselves, study the scriptures on our own, and seek our own guidance from God regarding what is right, what is true, and what is correct behavior.
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