New LDS Church Website: Mormons and Gays

[Jeff Lebowski]

But I don't think the church used the word "apology"...

Meaningless nitpicking.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ad.html?pg=all

[Uncle Ted]

And FTR, the church has issued apologies in the past. They did one recently for baptizing dead jews. These apologies and the whole Oaks statement are dissected in this essay:

http://bycommonconsent.com/2015/01/28/all-apologies/

But I don't think the church used the word "apology"...

Elder Eyring’s remarks didn’t include the words “apology” or “we’re sorry.” But in a follow-up interview church historian Richard Turley said the statement was intended as an apology and that the church “is deeply, deeply sorry” for what happened. On the Holocaust issue, a church spokesman said that the church “sincerely regret[s] that the actions of an individual member of the church led to the inappropriate submission of these names.”

[byu71]

I was going to list a bunch of scriptures related to remorse, repentence, acknowledging transgressions, etc., but then I realized how ridiculous an exercise that would be.

I salute your wisdom.

That is why I listed only a couple dealing with God himself.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I was going to list a bunch of scriptures related to remorse, repentence, acknowledging transgressions, etc., but then I realized how ridiculous an exercise that would be.

And FTR, the church has issued apologies in the past. They did one recently for baptizing dead jews. These apologies and the whole Oaks statement are dissected in this essay:

http://bycommonconsent.com/2015/01/28/all-apologies/

From the essay:

The Church doesn’t apologize for its doctrines. The doctrines come from God, they don’t change and we do not make excuses for them. But everything else is human. We are all fallible. I think we can apologize, and have apologized, for messing things up and figuring things out as we go, and we do that once in a while. But on doctrinal points, the Church does not apologize for taking a strong position on controversial issues. We’re just not interested in public mea culpas for PR purposes.

It always puzzles me when we acknowledge human error in the church, but carve out an exception for doctrine. How is it that doctrine somehow escapes virtually all human influence? And anyone who thinks that LDS doctrine never changes, just hasn't done much studying.

[jay santos]