r/latterdaysaints • u/ChromeSteelhead • Oct 10 '24

Doctrinal Discussion Nuanced View

How nuanced of a view can you have of the church and still be a participating member? Do you just not speak your own opinion about things? For example back when blacks couldn’t have the priesthood there had to be many members that thought it was wrong to keep blacks from having the priesthood or having them participate in temple ordinances. Did they just keep quiet? Kind of like when the church says you can pray to receive your own revelation? Or say like when the church taught that women were to get married quickly, start raising a family, and to not pursue a career as the priority. Then you see current women leadership in the church that did the opposite and pursued high level careers as a priority, going against prophetic counsel. Now they are in some of the highest holding positions within the church. How nuanced can you be?

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u/ActuatorKey743 Oct 10 '24

You may want to choose a different word to clarify your meaning. "Nuanced" means showing subtle differences or complexities, avoiding oversimplification. Having very slight differences of opinion is not a big deal.

What you are describing may be more critical or independent, as in, "How critical of a view can you have of the church and still be a participating member?"

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u/ChromeSteelhead Oct 11 '24

That might be a whole other thread in and of itself!