Zack Martin

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Nov 15	awarded	Teacher
Nov 15	answered	Does God control “demons”?
Nov 15	accepted	How do LDS know that Brigham Young and his successors are true prophets?
Nov 13	awarded	Quorum
Nov 13	comment	What's the main logical basis that is put forth by those Christians who don't believe in the existence of God? @SteelyDan: You seem to be expressing a New Thought / New Age Christology - rather than Christ as being a unique office held by only one person in history, Christ is a state we can all aim for (like Buddhahood in Buddhism). Rather than Christ as a unique intersection between humanity and divinity, all humans having the potential to be God and Christ being the fulfilment of that potential
Nov 13	comment	How do LDS know that Brigham Young and his successors are true prophets? I like the emphasis on the personal/experiential dimension in your answer. It seems plausible to me that this is in fact how many LDS answer this question in practice.
Nov 13	comment	How do LDS know that Brigham Young and his successors are true prophets? There is a distinction between demonstrating the existence of an office of "Prophet", and demonstrating a particular person currently holds that office. Your answer seeks to demonstrate the first, but doesn't address the second. How does one know that the true "President of the office of the High Priesthood" (D&C 107:91) is Thomas S. Monson and not say Stephen M. Veazey?
Nov 13	awarded	Supporter
Nov 13	comment	How do LDS know that Brigham Young and his successors are true prophets? "In the Doctrine and Covenants... The person who has been in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles the longest, is at the death of the old prophet sustained, and ordained the new prophet of the church" Your answer would be better if you would cite which section/verse says this
Nov 12	awarded	Nice Question
Nov 11	asked	How do LDS know that Brigham Young and his successors are true prophets?
Oct 13	comment	What is the moral status of common-law marriage? Does the state, by establishing a legal system of marriage registration, "require" marriages to be registered? At least where I live, there is no crime in calling yourself married without having a legally recognised marriage. The state won't consider you married, but it's up to you how much you care about that. Does the state even care? I don't get the impression that it does - how then is not registering a marriage sinful? Is it deceiving others? If your understanding of "marriage" is broader than "state-recognised marriages", I don't see how it could be that either.
Oct 13	comment	What is the moral status of common-law marriage? So, if two people publicly declare themselves to be married, but never legally get married, is that enough for their sexual relations to not be sinful? If two atheists publicly declare "we are now married", without legally getting married, but with the intention of staying together for the rest of their lives, then have sexual relations, have they sinned?
Oct 13	revised	What is the moral status of common-law marriage? mentioned France as another example of a legal relationship recognition that falls short of marriage
Oct 13	asked	What is the moral status of common-law marriage?
Oct 13	comment	To what degree could a person be “pro-polygamy” yet still obey the LDS church? I accepted this answer because I think it is genuine and is likely an accurate reflection of how most LDS would approach the issue. (That said, I do have some doubts about how consistent the answer is with the historic positions of various LDS church authorities, but then those doubts are really about the LDS church as a whole as opposed to the answerer in particular.)
Oct 11	awarded	Scholar
Oct 11	accepted	To what degree could a person be “pro-polygamy” yet still obey the LDS church?
Oct 10	awarded	Editor
Oct 10	comment	To what degree could a person be “pro-polygamy” yet still obey the LDS church? Edited question to remove mention of "excommunication", since my main point was whether the LDS church considers those opinions wrong, not whether it would excommunicate someone for it (which may depend on details of the specific circumstances apart from the inherent judgement of the position as wrong)