Comments on: What do Mormons and Scientologists have in common? http://ldstech.org/2008/05/14/mormons-and-scientologists/ Insights on technology development affecting the LDS community Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:23:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bryan Hinton http://ldstech.org/2008/05/14/mormons-and-scientologists/#comment-148 Bryan Hinton Fri, 16 May 2008 20:19:03 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=69#comment-148 David has a great point - the Handbook has a lot of administrative policy/advice/guidance that is not doctrine and is subject to change. Those policies are based off the doctrine of the Church (which is available on the Internet from a wealth of sources), but the Church would much rather have the doctrine focused on. Additionally the Church's had to go after wikileaks to protect the Church's copyright. If someone can blatantly skirt copyright laws like that - posting the Church's documents - what stops them from changing them and then misrepresenting the Church's position? That happens enough as it is out on the Internet without someone having what appears to be a Church sanctioned manual to do it. David has a great point - the Handbook has a lot of administrative policy/advice/guidance that is not doctrine and is subject to change. Those policies are based off the doctrine of the Church (which is available on the Internet from a wealth of sources), but the Church would much rather have the doctrine focused on. Additionally the Church’s had to go after wikileaks to protect the Church’s copyright. If someone can blatantly skirt copyright laws like that - posting the Church’s documents - what stops them from changing them and then misrepresenting the Church’s position? That happens enough as it is out on the Internet without someone having what appears to be a Church sanctioned manual to do it.

]]> By: David http://ldstech.org/2008/05/14/mormons-and-scientologists/#comment-138 David Thu, 15 May 2008 16:31:26 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=69#comment-138 @Roland I haven't looked at this book myself, but I know that there is a lot of sensitive topics mentioned for the purposes of ecclesiastical leaders to counsel members who approach them for help. There is a difference between current Church policy regarding a certain topic and Church doctrine which is based on scripture. I believe that the Church would rather focus on promoting and defending its doctrines than to have to review and defend internal policies on a public stage. @Roland
I haven’t looked at this book myself, but I know that there is a lot of sensitive topics mentioned for the purposes of ecclesiastical leaders to counsel members who approach them for help. There is a difference between current Church policy regarding a certain topic and Church doctrine which is based on scripture. I believe that the Church would rather focus on promoting and defending its doctrines than to have to review and defend internal policies on a public stage.

]]> By: Roland http://ldstech.org/2008/05/14/mormons-and-scientologists/#comment-135 Roland Thu, 15 May 2008 15:53:42 +0000 http://ldstech.org/?p=69#comment-135 The church handbook of instructions presents an accurate synopsis of LDS beliefts. It answers a lot of questions that both members and investigators have about the church. Why remove it? Shouldn't the church should be declaring to the world its position on all key subjects listed therein? The church handbook of instructions presents an accurate synopsis of LDS beliefts. It answers a lot of questions that both members and investigators have about the church. Why remove it?

Shouldn’t the church should be declaring to the world its position on all key subjects listed therein?

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