A
List of Links Related to this Subject:
When it comes to the Ordain Women controversy in the LDS Church, here is someone who explains it better than I do:
Talks
referenced in the above article:
(Dallin
Oaks' talk is required reading, in my humble opinion.)
This
blog looks interesting and useful and mentions The Matriarchal Order:
This
book is quoted a lot wherever LDS women's issues are discussed:
For
the heated and contentious debate where I seem to stand alone against
the dark side of the force, get clobbered, and then go down in
flames:
I
stirred the hornet's nest here promoting the Patriarchal Order of the
Priesthood:
My
take on The Calling and Election Made Sure:
The
thread I started regarding the Matriarchal Order of the Priesthood:
If
you have any other links about the Ordain Women movement or the
Matriarchal Order of the Priesthood that you think we should know
about, please post them here in the comments or over in the thread I
started:
Regarding
the Ordain Women Public Link:
Today,
I found out about Kate Kelly's excommunication.
This
saddens and disturbs me, but doesn't surprise me.
I
have spent some time over at ordainwomen.org.
I
have some major complaints about the group and particularly their
website, as some of you can guess.
At
their website, they refuse to take or accept any input whatsoever
that contradicts their chosen point of view. They refuse to look at
any revelations from God that contradict their chosen goals. A
Revelation from God cannot help them because it won't be allowed on
their website if it contradicts their stated aims and goals.
I
can create a profile that they will approve and possibly post, but in
that profile I'm required to publicly state why I support Ordination
of Women into the Patriarchal Priesthood. I need not bother to create
a profile stating why I oppose Ordination of Women, and there is
absolutely nowhere that I can reply on their website if I oppose
Ordination of Women into the LDS Priesthood.
They
are NOT open to revelation, inspiration, insights, ideas, concepts,
teachings, guidance, input, constructive criticism, or help if it
opposes or contradicts what they are teaching, preaching, and
demanding. There's no place there for me to go to try to help them to
see any other point of view or to try the help them to see things
from a different perspective. They DO NOT want to be exposed to
opposing or contradictory revelations, ideas, or thoughts. In other
words, they are unteachable, unreachable, and unwilling to learn;
and, there's nothing that any of us can do to help them.
That
saddens me.
Someone
once told me that if the Ordain Women people got exactly what they
want, they wouldn't know what to do with it, because they don't know
what to do with the things that they already have. They aren't taking
advantage of what they already have. And, they don't know how to
function within the system that is already established. They are
unteachable and unreachable, and thus they are unable to absorb and
learn what they already have available to them. So, how are they
going to be able to take on more if they are given more? They have
walled themselves off where none of us can get to them to help them.
If they can't take counsel from their local Bishop, then how will
they be able to take counsel from their Stake President when they are
Bishops?
I
learned long ago that when it comes to the Priesthood of God, there
is more there than meets the eye; and, a person has to be willing to
keep her mind and heart open if she is going to start to see what any
of these hidden things might be. Over on their website, the Ordain
Women crowd don't want to look, don't want to see, and don't want any
revelations from God or His Servants unless that revelation tells
them and grants them exactly what they want to hear and have. They
don't want to see things God's way; they only want to have it their
way. It's classical self-deception. And, it's working on some of them
perfectly.
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