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Mormonism and church leadership/Independent thought
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Mormonism and independent thought
Question: In Mormonism, when our leaders speak, has the thinking been done?
LDS Newsroom, "Prophets"
LDS NewsroomBelief in prophets and apostles at the head of the Church does not mean that members blindly follow their leaders. While the prophet of God receives revelation and inspiration to guide the Church as a whole, revelation flows at every level, including to the leaders of congregations and to individual families and members. In fact, individual members are expected to seek that kind of divine guidance to help them in their own lives, in their responsibilities in the Church and even in temporal pursuits, including their occupations. Members are also expected to prayerfully seek their own “testimony” or conviction of the principles their leaders teach them.
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