Now, you’ve got to ask yourself how sure are you that the preceding Presidents got it right? Constancy, if incorrect could be very bad.

Take a look at the blacks and women’s movements for ideas which required change. What if the church had been inflexible then?

So you’d rather have growth only through child baptisms? Especially with family sizes dropping and child of record retention also becoming a serious issue?

And there won’t be “less” people getting saving ordinances as they will recieve them in the next life if they don’t here. I mean if God knew that blacks or rather African Americans would eventually get the Priesthood why not tell the Prophet at the time to do so right then and there?

If He knew the world would frown on polygamy then why say it was authorized? These instances are just 2 that show the world that we can’t make up our minds. And I do follow and honour the Prophets but even in my short 27 years as a member, Prophets have changes “doctrines” now whether that was through inspiration from Heavenly Father or from peer pressure of society I don’t know.

I just know I hate changes. Onw od my Primary teachers has been a member for 18 months, her sister 8 months and to this day they still have not gotten new member discussions. Missionaries are too busy going out getting new blood that the ones that are getting baptized are falling through the cracks. It used to be the missionaries did the new member discussions now they are supposed to rely on the ward mission leader and the ward missionaries to do so. And of course with neither of these 2 girls having gotten them it goes without saying how successful that program is doing.

And that is important. That being said, we may no longer be getting nearly 350,000 converts into the church each year, but we are still getting over 200,000. So conversions are still important and make up over 70% of church growth.

“I mean if God knew that blacks or rather African Americans would eventually get the Priesthood why not tell the Prophet at the time to do so right then and there?”

He did. That’s why Joseph Smith ordained blacks. It was Brigham Young that stopped the practice.

And for the record, the stake missionaries did new member discusions on my mission as well. Actually, if I rememebr correctly, they have been doing so ever since seventies were replaced by stake missionaries.

Anyhow, there was only option A & B.