In this Mormanity Entry (click here) we see a common theme that Mormon Apologist feel the need to defend. If God was the same yesterday, today, and forever then we should have prophets and scriptures like in the Bible. Of course the whole conversation is semantical and depends ones view of what a prophet is or is not. While indeed there were voices such as Noah before Moses, I am not convinced there were prophets pre-Moses. Moses formed a strictly constitutional government that permitted heretical things such as divorce. Part of this government were advisers that help the population engage more heresy such as choosing a king.
At the time of Jesus the concept of separation of Church and State was struggling to take hold. So Jesus formed a state with in a state that also had hierarchical systems of advisers. However, in the modern western world the concept of separation of church and state is well established and hence individuals are free to receive their advise directly from God. Not that God or man has changed, but man's society has. With this understanding Mormons would do well to, "search with an open mind, and not fall into what I consider to be the deceptive trap of thinking that you need nothing more than what you have. Keep seeking!"
At the time of Jesus the concept of separation of Church and State was struggling to take hold. So Jesus formed a state with in a state that also had hierarchical systems of advisers. However, in the modern western world the concept of separation of church and state is well established and hence individuals are free to receive their advise directly from God. Not that God or man has changed, but man's society has. With this understanding Mormons would do well to, "search with an open mind, and not fall into what I consider to be the deceptive trap of thinking that you need nothing more than what you have. Keep seeking!"
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