Common Latter-day Saint perceptions

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as others outside the Church have the tendency to cite speculative sources, journal accounts and other traditions as official Church doctrine.

For authoritative sources about the church, one can read information that has been approved by the LDS Church Correlation Committee in officially-published works by the Church. Most of these materials were printed after 1970. They do however, contain infomration from earlier verified and authoritative sources.

According to the Church canon, the LDS Church President and First Presidency alone has the right to modify or change doctrine or policies for the entire church.

Common misperceptions and speculation include:

• Outer Darkness
• What it actually means to be a god or exalted human.
• Pre-mortal existence issues including divisions by valiancy, pre-mortal sin, and the war in heaven.
• The nature of pre-mortal intelligence, and how it (and/or/if spirit and spirit matter) was created
• The Adam-God theory
• Blood Atonement
• The Mountain Meadows Massacre
• Mormon Folklore and "faith promoting rumors"

Although members may be correct in their speculations, the church is very careful about what is official doctrine.

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