Originally Posted by
Knox
He would have been, if he had really taught what some people think he taught.
What McConkie labeled heresy was an interpretation of Young's teachings that concluded that Adam is the same person as the "Trinity's" Person of the Father. McConkie said that IF Young had ever taught such a thing, then Young taught a false doctrine.
I don't know. If you have an example, post it and I will be enlightened.
Then Young was an apostate.. He did teach those thing and McConkie admitted it.. He said that Yes BY did teach those things.. Have you not tead His actual words?
Yes, President Young did teach that Adam was the father of our spirits, and all the related things that the cultists ascribe to him. This [i.e., Brigham Young's teaching on Adam], however, is not true. He expressed views that are out of harmony with the gospel. But, be it known, Brigham Young also taught accurately and correctly, the status and position of Adam in the eternal scheme of things. What I am saying is, that Brigham Young, contradicted Brigham Young, and the issue becomes one of which Brigham Young we will believe. The answer is we will believe the expressions that accord with the teachings in the Standard Works. (Letter from Bruce McConkie to Eugene England dated Feb. 19, 1981)..
No interpretation about it he said that it is just like we anti's say it is.. Do you see that in the exerts from the letter: "all the related things that the cultists ascribe to him". He was calling me a cultist but I consider the source.. IHS jim