Gaining Knowledge of Eternal Truths -
Brandon Westover led a lively & interesting discussion by starting with the question "what is truth?". He acknowledged that this was a difficult question, and one that might even seem a bit absurd, but that if we claim to "have the truth" or state that the Spirit will "teach us truth" then we are somewhat obligated to define what that "truth" is. It was generally agreed that truth is constant and repeatedly verifiable, whereas "facts" can change and be wrong.
Dave Sundahl shared an experience from his mission where he gave a brief overview of the restored gospel to a person he had contacted on the street and then got the response, "oh, so really your message is about revelation". Why, yes, it is!
Ben Castleton made the point that there is tremendous power to learn truth by obeying the commandments. Though we may have doubts and questions at times, obeying the commandments will always be to our benefit (in that it is prerequisite to having the Holy Ghost with us always).
Joseph Smith once said, " the most prominent difference in sentiment between the Latter-day Saints and sectarians was, that the latter were all circumscribed by some peculiar creed, which deprived its members the privilege of believing anything not contained therein, whereas the Latter-day Saints...are ready to believe all true principles that exist, as they are made manifest from time to time."
The beauty of this church is its openness to revelation, to new information from the heavens, to knowledge, to truth (see Articles of Faith 1:9).
Knowledge is revelation. Hear, all ye brethren, this grand key: knowledge is the power of God unto salvation. (Joseph Smith, 1843)
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