I am a resident of Clearfield and am also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For those people who feel that they will be able to change some of the basic doctrines of the gospel of Jesus Christ as written in the New and Old Testament regarding sexuality, they are sadly mistaken. Many churches will hold the line of this concept.
For LDS, our doctrines come from God as recorded in Genesis in the Bible. I am not aware of anywhere in the scriptures where God said to Adam to go and replenish by himself, or the same to Eve. It appears that God created man and woman in the way we are now, similar, but complimentary.
He also said that neither one was complete without the other in the ways of God. I realize that we are not all born perfect into this world, Some have defects of various kinds and some of these are from diseases and some from genetics. I was born without perfect feet and legs, but surgery helped correct this. But the basic way we came was supposed to be so there could be multiplying of the species and raising offspring to be decent people if possible.
I suggest that if people want to do certain changes, that is their personal choice; but don't expect churches to automatically agree, or expect that churches are democratically run. Most are not. Why waste your time trying to get various church leaders to change their basic doctrine, especially when those changes don't work that way?
David R. Hall
Clearfield
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