Well, many things have to be soft taught in many places, especially in Sunday School.4Joshua8 wrote: ↑October 19th, 2023, 11:20 amThey'll "soft teach" their values. They'll overemphasize God's "love" and compassion while conveniently leaving out His justice and unchanging truths, distorting the character of God while giving a false hope to the pro-sodomy-ites.spiritMan wrote: ↑October 19th, 2023, 11:11 amIt's not just about extras... someone who is pro isn't going to be teaching proper principles in the regular meetings. They will avoid it.JohnnyL wrote: ↑October 19th, 2023, 9:43 am
We don't attend the "extras" when it's anything about SSA, so they're not getting taught anything wrong there.
If there is conflict, they know they are allowed to say or do anything within reason (walk out, openly contradict/ clarify, etc.). . . They've never had to.
Of course, if one has a whole bunch of apostate ideas, yeah, it's not going to be easy.
Children have current events called to mind as they think of how to apply teachings, and they are left with a distorted understanding of God's character, leaving them defenseless in the face of false teachings they're exposed to on a daily basis, other then to say "God is loving, welcoming, accepting, and never has any negativity about anything."
Battle for truth lost.
That's just one way they do it.
Not in Primary! We go full out and have better discussions in a year than in 10 years of weekly Sunday School, in general. I've told leaders I love Primary because I can teach things I could never teach in SS, and the children love to learn.
No leader said anything about my sacrament talk that was anti-"SSA-is-my-identity".
The Church has to tiptoe a very narrow line with all this stuff. There's a time, a way, and a place for everything, and that is a very strong consideration in this time.
