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Podcast: Mormon Discussion Podcast: Leading With Faith
Episode: Does Prophetic Fallibility Solve the LDS Problem?
Description: The LDS Church teaches that its top leaders are prophets, seers, and revelators; men who speak for God and whose guidance deserves trust, obedience, and moral authority. When serious problems arise in Church history, doctrine, or policy, the most common explanation offered is simple: prophets are fallible. But does that explanation actually resolve the issue? In this episode of Mormonism Live, we take a step back and examine what prophetic fallibility is being asked to accomplish, and whether it truly holds up under scrutiny.
We walk through multiple categories where prophetic authority is expected to function reliably...