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Latter Day Struggles

159: LDS University Students Pressured to Not Ask Hard Questions

Sep 25, 2023
Elder Corbridge, Speaker at BYU, proposes primary questions as the only ones that matter in spiritual knowledge. Valerie and Nathan challenge this idea and discuss the importance of scientific inquiry and doubt in spiritual questing. They explore discomfort with unsanitized data and shift attitudes towards love, emphasizing the role of truth in avoiding deception and restoring love in the church's doctrine and theology.
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  • The discomfort experienced when confronting challenging aspects of the Church's history and teachings should be seen as a sign of genuine quest for knowledge and understanding, rather than being dismissed as attacks or deceptions.
  • College-age individuals value truth, transparency, and authentic answers to legitimate questions, and dismissing their quest for knowledge can lead to disillusionment and a lack of generational loyalty to the Church.

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The Speaker's Discomfort with Confronting Uncomfortable Truths

The speaker discusses feeling gloom and darkness when he had to read antagonistic material. He interprets this discomfort as a sign of being deceived by Satan. However, this discomfort is often experienced by those who are seeking truth and clarity, as they confront challenging aspects of the Church's history and teachings. The speaker's interpretation dismisses the genuine quest for knowledge and understanding as attacks or deceptions.

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