I'm a bit short on time so I'm just going to jot down a few things to think about the next time you're stumped about your next Family Home Evening lesson.
Is it really easier to believe that nomadic Jewish-American immigrants (of whose existence there is no archeological evidence to support) wrote hundreds of pages of poetic, biblical prose on brass and gold tablets, the metal for which they mined and processed themselves, then died out save it be for one lone editor who buried the plates in a hill thousands of miles from where he lived only to return 1500 years later as an angel to a 14 year old boy who translated them into English using nothing but a polished stone in his hat than it is to believe that Joseph Smith simply wrote a book?
Does it make sense at all that God would give a revelation telling us not to consider it "not by commandment or constraint but by revelation and the a word of wisdom" then later change his mind and make it a commandment so important that it even trumps itself? See, in addition to the obfuscated dietary rules, the Word of Wisdom instructs the church to use "wine of your own make" for the sacrament. The use of wine was later discontinued because the consumption of wine was said to be a violation of the revelation. But the revelation explicitly commands the use of wine.
In fact, while we're at it... how is it that coffee flavored ice cream is a hot drink but apple cider or hot chocolate never is?
Well there's your food for thought. That and some homemade snickerdoodles should make for a fun Monday night.
Enjoy!
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Yah the Mormon Word of Wisdom is a perfect case study. You see if the "scripture" is superceded by the current authority. So all you have to do to live a perfect Mormon life is have a good idea what is socially important right now. Sure they say they follow the prophet's every word, but there is this undefined "speaking as a man" loophole. What this does is makes it socially enforced. If the Church leadership says something and enough people agree with it, it will be implemented socially. If the leader says something no one agrees with, it will be casually ignored or thought of as an instance of "speaking as a man". So getting the spirit in a way means tuning in to the "spirit of the times" what most people in the church will and won't shun you for believing. None of this has any more promise of being universal truth than any random notion held by anyone. It is really a "suggestible mob mentality".