Milk and Meat is Not Watered-Down Doctrine

An Explanation of This Method of Teaching

Why 'Milk and Meat'?

In response to some posts recently regarding the LDS faith, I have decided to focus on one small principle, which has been mentioned. That of Milk and Meat.

Why Does God Change the Rules?

In another post, on another site, the question was raised as to why God changes the rules. He doesn't. Look at the bible. Before Christ, The Law of Moses (the old covenant) was in order. Eye for an Eye. After Christ, a 'new law' or covenant was in order: a higher law. No longer an eye for an eye, we were now commanded to forgive 70 times 70. Did God change his laws? Nope.

A Sound Method of TeachingLook at it this way:

When we want to teach a baby to walk, do we immediately put the new born on his feet, let go and say, 'walk'? Of course not. We all know that a newborn is not ready, in any way, shape or form, to undertake such a task.

So, we start with steps. We build, one principle at a time, until the baby has developed all he needs to be able to walk. Then we encourage him to walk. We discourage crawling and other steps we taught him in the process of learning to walk, because we want him to walk. We do not want him to stop his progress or settle for less than what he can achieve. We encourage and 'push' if you will, for him to keep working on those walking skills until he gets it.

How proud he then is of himself and his new found freedom and power.

So, when we teach a baby to walk, did we change 'the law'? Nope. We had 'the law' of 'you need to learn to walk' from day one. We just broke the process down into bite-sized pieces, which he could handle. We made each step of the way all that he was required to focus on so he would not be overwhelmed, and the goal each step of the way would truly be attainable.

You will find this sound and proven method of teaching everywhere: in the school systems (gotta learn to count then add before you can tackle calculus); in the military; in on-the-job training (usually); etc.

How Does Milk and Meat Tie In?