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DarkJedi wrote:
SilentDawning wrote:
Reduction in food storage requirementsNo canneries at Bishop’s storehouses
They’ve already reduced food storage “requirements” (quotations because it’s not a requirement of anyone, it’s a suggestion at most). Yes, the wording about a year is still there but it’s buried and the first paragraph wording is much more manageable and makes much more sense (for those who don’t know, it’s three months of food you actually use every day and your family actually eats). And canneries have been on their way out as well, ours went out of business years ago and we just got a brand new bishop’s storehouse.
I know these aren’t being mentioned since they are not the focus anymore, but why not? For decades I carried around a couple thousand dollars of rice and wheat and other food — why stop emphasizing it, particularly since we have to be getting closer and closer to the second coming? Every day that goes by brings us closer and closer.
Quite simply because the focus has changed to the core principles of the gospel, particularly the atonement of Jesus Christ and the plan of salvation. It is the Church of Jesus Christ so that’s what it should have been all along. The church was missing the mark for a long time and got too caught up in those other things – hence meetings week after week where the only mention of the Savior was the sacrament, perhaps some hymns, and the obligatory “in the name of….” Sermons/talks were often devoid of God and Christ. In my own experience I once attended a ward on a Easter Sunday where Easter was not mentioned, not even in the hymns. The talks were about tithing. I once heard three speakers in a sacrament meeting with the assigned topic of the atonement not even mention the Savior (I honestly don’t even know how they did it). I have heard people who are not members of the church talk about our sacrament meetings being absent of talk about Christ and God – sometimes followed up with statements about us not being Christian based on that alone (or a statement about understanding why others don;t believe we’re Christian).
So is there anything wrong with teaching preparedness? No, it’s good advice. Should it be part of our worship services? No. Is it really part of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Good News? No.
DarkJedi wrote:So is there anything wrong with teaching preparedness? No, it’s good advice. Should it be part of our worship services? No. Is it really part of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Good News? No.
Wise and Foolish Virgins.
DarkJedi wrote:
Quite simply because the focus has changed to the core principles of the gospel, particularly the atonement of Jesus Christ and the plan of salvation.So, your take is that food storage is no less important, it’s just not emphasized as much since the focus is on core principles of the gospel…
I see. I personally think it has to be less important than it was if no longer emphasized. What is emphasized is what gets attended to…
But I am happy to see a refocus on core doctrines…
It was people who seemed to throw out core doctrines of kindness and putting relationships at the forefront that sort of pushed me out the TBM door…a return to the pure teachings would be welcome. Along with a janitorial staff that relieves us of chapel cleaning
My two cents on the food storage is opportunity cost. Sure food storage might not hurt anybody and it may even come in handy at times. But there is a cost to it. When we are preaching food storage and preparedness (and I have been in an EQP going house to house checking and advising on 72 hour kits post Katrina) we are not preaching or teaching something else.
Also on a personal note, the money that would be spent on food storage might have been spent elsewhere. If I spend my resources preparing for a dystopian future, I am likely not spending my resources preparing for a future where the stock market delivers an average 8% return.
Food storage is highly useful not just for disasters but for times when money’s tight. Like everything, balance and common sense apply. I was looking for this the other day and couldn’t find it but stumbled across it today. Quote:Beginning with the May 2014 Ensign (containing the contents of the April 2014 general conference), there was a significant shift. In that April 2014 conference, one topic was addressed in 15 talks, with 10 of those by members of the Quorum of the Twelve and the First Presidency—a combined total of 25, which nearly doubled the average of the leading topic in the previous 12 conferences. In the ensuing October 2014 conference, that same topic was addressed 19 times, with 11 of those talks being given by prophets, seers, and revelators—a combined total of 30.
The trend has continued from there. In the April 2015 general conference, the same topic was addressed in 17 talks, with 11 of those given by prophets, seers, and revelators (a combined total of 28). In October 2015, the combined total was 28 (19 and 9); in April 2016 it was 26 (17 and 9); and in October 2016 it was an astounding 37 (26 and 11). In each of these conferences, one topic drew much more attention than any leading topic in any single conference between 2008 and 2013, and in each conference the leading topic was the same.
The topic? Jesus Christ.
(BYU President Kevin Worthen, emphasis mine)http://www.ldsliving.com/The-Most-Common-Topic-in-General-Conference-Why-Prophets-Are-Talking-About-It-More-Than-Ever/s/86462 ” class=”bbcode_url”> http://www.ldsliving.com/The-Most-Common-Topic-in-General-Conference-Why-Prophets-Are-Talking-About-It-More-Than-Ever/s/86462 DarkJedi wrote:
Yes, I agree. I am glad to see this trend change and I believe the trend is accelerating.
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