A Kiwi Mormon mother on the myth of inerrancy: While today we arent encumbered by our historical policy of racism there is another Mormon cultural habit which is just as menacing. There seems to be an incomprehensible preference for preserving the mythology of an inerrant leadership. To be honest I think it’s a bloke thing; A male flaw; A primal, tribal allegiance to the leader of the pack. I asked my husband how it was that he so willingly gave up his power to the church patriarchy over God’s sovereign will as expressed in the scriptures. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good man, but he’s a product of the institution. His most sensible response was his admission that it came down to a very male need to belong, to be a member of the team. I appreciate that as a mother of 6 boys. I can see this preference for a hierarchy working among my own sons, and I value the sense of order it constructs. But as a mother I am duty bound to change this order, to move things around, to demand ultimate allegiance to me as the alpha female, lest their social arrangements morph into a tyranny (which I have observed happening on several occasions, one of the most dramatic involving an enforced silence as to the perpetrator of an arson attempt in one of the boys’ bedrooms). So thanks to LDS Inc. for the new edition of the scriptures – it’s a wonderful step in a positive direction (for me at least, but probably not for Sister Zimmer) and it bodes well. But as an instructive for our future ecclesiastical and doctrinal arrangements, I have but one warning, “The Vatican”. patheos/blogs/kiwimormon/2013/03/the-new-introduction-to-official-declaration-two-its-just-not-that-satisfying/
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:11:30 +0000
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