I've wondered this before, and my best guess is that the practice dates back to when they were actually held by the side of a fire.
The Official "Ask A Mormon" Thread
- Thread starter colton
- Start date
I've wondered this before, and my best guess is that the practice dates back to when they were actually held by the side of a fire.
Thee Jazz Fan
Well-Known Member
I'm Mormon, and I don't even know the answer to that one.
Zulu
Well-Known Member
Yeah. Like when crossing the plains the pioneers would gather by the campfire in the evening and listen to a little sermon or something inspirational...
LogGrad98
Well-Known Member
Contributor
20-21 Award Winner
2022 Award Winner
2023 Award Winner
2024 Award Winner
Other than during the Black Sacrament, no.
♪alt13
Well-Known Member
Damn it! I guess I won't bother joining now.
fishonjazz
Well-Known Member
Contributor
2018 Award Winner
2019 Award Winner
20-21 Award Winner
2022 Award Winner
2023 Award Winner
2024 Award Winner
2025 Award Winner
♪alt13
Well-Known Member
So your saying the nudie mirror might be real after all.
scootsy
Well-Known Member
CALLING ALL MORMON THEOLOGIANS AND APOLOGISTS.
This is a question I have had for a long time that I can't ask anyone because of how they react. So I'll ask it here...
Why do we keep sustaining our prophets as "propehts, seers and revelators" when they actively do none of those things? The last time (that I know of) that there was any claim of revelation was President Kimball--to extend the priesthood to all worthy male members. Why was a copy of this revelation not distributed to general membership? Was it even recorded?
(I have a little bit of an issue with the following). The time before that was Wilford Woodruff's claim in the manifesto that he "saw" what would happen to the church if the leadership were to be imprisoned, and therefore the practice of polygamy had to cease. And he justified this act of self-preservation by saying "God would not allow me to lead the church astray" as if the church had never gone into apostasy before.
Why do we have an open canon, and yet with 150 years and many different prophets, not added to our canon?
This is a question I have had for a long time that I can't ask anyone because of how they react. So I'll ask it here...
Why do we keep sustaining our prophets as "propehts, seers and revelators" when they actively do none of those things? The last time (that I know of) that there was any claim of revelation was President Kimball--to extend the priesthood to all worthy male members. Why was a copy of this revelation not distributed to general membership? Was it even recorded?
(I have a little bit of an issue with the following). The time before that was Wilford Woodruff's claim in the manifesto that he "saw" what would happen to the church if the leadership were to be imprisoned, and therefore the practice of polygamy had to cease. And he justified this act of self-preservation by saying "God would not allow me to lead the church astray" as if the church had never gone into apostasy before.
Why do we have an open canon, and yet with 150 years and many different prophets, not added to our canon?