I challenge anybody to look at what you wrote that I quoted, and try and find if there was really any "made up interpretation". I suppose it is possible that that you didn't mean to say what you said, but I am not a mind reader. Why not just admit that instead of accusing me of misrepresenting you?You quote the wrong quote that I was referring to. Weird. Then, you took that simple statement that I was quoting and proceeded to just make up some interpretation that fits what it is you are trying to say. I'll quote what Joseph Smith said again:
Maybe, as always you should simply quote Joseph Smith and stop before you write:
Because usually after you say that is when things fall apart.Here is what Joseph Smith is plainly saying in my own words:
In response to this I will pose a thought question:Joseph Smith doesn't think that it is right to call up a person and try him (its not right to have a disciplinary counsel) because he is mistaken in doctrine. He doesn't like this because it is too much like how the Methodist do it and because it is not what Mormons do (Latter day Saintism).
Joseph Smith wants the freedom to explore the doctrine found in the scriptures and what is being revealed to him by the Holy Spirit without the superstitious and artificial boundaries that men in or out of a church place on what a person should or ought to believe.
What were the charges leveled against William Law, in 1844 for his excommunication, and who conducted his excommunication hearing?
(Think of the word Apostasy, it might help... Also, I'm sure jwharton would know this, because his apostasy was to REJECT plural marriage)
We are a religion that embraces free agency
There is no such thing as Free Agency!
In this case, I might be able to figure out what you mean, even if it is contrary to what you say. But if you can't say what you mean, it ifs often hard to guess what you mean. This is not a problem of simply trying to hold you to expressing yourself in reasonably coherent English.
Because by saying things wrong, you tend to follow your incorrect statement with subsequent irrational conclusions.
by the way there is Agency, but it isn't FREE. We have the agency to make the choices we desire, but we DO NOT have the freedom from the consequences of those choices. If we humbly repent and come to Christ, he may take on that payment, but it must be paid!
Regards,
George Clay