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God is not bound by our ability to keep covenants, baptising for our dead relatives, or becoming worthy for a temple recommend. God is speaking about being bound by his own holy nature. HIS name sake.

Why the change from LDS.org and Mormon.org to ChurchofJesusChrist.org?

The times are a changing.

"Over these many centuries, details associated with temple work have been adjusted periodically, including language, methods of construction, communication, and record-keeping. Prophets have taught that there will be no end to such adjustments as directed by the Lord to His servants." - 2 January 2019 - Salt Lake City Official Statement

This quote pretty much sums up that the LDS church is going to make changes to their beliefs as society dictates to stay relevant to the predominantly socially accepted standard of the time.

However there's a problem with this statement,

"We're on a mission to discover whether Mormons are Christian"
At first I thought "Hold on, I believe that too, but Mormon's can't be Christians, can they?"

And on the onset, it appears that we've got some common ground here. I mean, I believe in Christ, his teachings, his example and I would also agree that genuine following of Christ will also emulate his pattern of living.

So what's the big deal?

Red and Yellow, Black and White, they are Precious in His sight. Not according to Joseph Smith.
Let me be clear, this old teaching is repugnant and disgusting. The LDS Church claims that it has received a new divine revelation and that people with dark skin are acceptable to God and can attain the priesthood. So does that mean that Joseph Smith had it wrong before? He's supposed to be God's mouthpiece, the Book of Mormon is supposed to be the most correct revelation that God has ever given man. Why the changes then?

Mormons CLAIM the Book of Abraham was derived from an ancient hieroglyphic document that Joseph Smith translated in 1835-1842 that was supposedly the personal work of the Biblical Abraham while in Egypt.

The LDS Church once again has bowed to the social pressures of society and has started changing doctrine on worship and temple rituals.

This time to be more inclusive of the role of women. Like the author suggests, these are GOOD things. However, when major pillars of the faith are changing to conform to the social environment, doesn't that mean perhaps the leaders of the LDS church had it wrong before?

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