Its been my experience that the TR holders seem much more likely to accept the way things are in regards to this and other issues. They tend to toe the party line so to speak. In my adult life as an active engaged LDS male. (seminary teacher, Bishopric, EQP etc) I have rarely outside the bloggernaccle in my memory met anybody that would admit to desiring female ordination. Those that feel this way in favor of female ordination keep it quiet. The blogger M or Meg who I know fairly well personally might be an exception but even with her I am not sure what she thinks.

I think based on this that we run in widely divergent LDS circles. I have never lived in the Corridor by the way.

I removed the email address from your comment because you may be the victim of spam (or worse) if your email is easily available on the Internet.

You should be able to print this out by going under “file” on your browser and then “print.”

If you or your daughter has questions, you can email them to me at julie AT timesandseasons DOT org, but replace the word AT with the at symbol (@) and the word DOT with a period.

Is there a way to print this out?? On the Priesthood/Women ..this would be most
beneficial to be sent to my daughter [edited]
Thank you,
Vickie Duncan

Well . . . it is hard to unintentionally use ellipses. I chose to use them because I felt most of our readers could deduce what he would have said in that section and I didn’t want to quote too lengthy of a chunk of material because I frankly have no idea how stringently copyright law is applied to blogs–but I do have some sense of (most) bloggers’ willingness to wade through lengthy quotations. :)

Also, at the end of the quote, their should read the following:
“A society that fails to accept the eternal concept of this godly design must pay an unbearable price of confusion of the individua, which can, potentially, lead to chaos, destruction, and the unhappiness of the soul.”

Finally, it’s important to note the context in which this question and answer were given. Briefly, he and his wife were teaching a woman serving in the American military who had come for her own endowments about the temple (sorry about the misplaced modifiers). He sensed that she and the sisters who were with her (who were all officers in the military) had a “somewhat unsettled spirit.” This is whent he priesthood leader who was accompanying them asked the question. Elder Busche writes that he was at first shocked and “felt a strong desire to give a stern response and even question his worthiness to be in the temple.” !!!! It was after he calmed his thoughts and sought guidance from the Spirit, that the words of this answer came to him, which, he describes as “somewhat new to me.” Then after he gave his answer, he writes that a warm, comforting spirit came over everyone in the room. “Their hearts became enlightened and their attitudes became mild and receptive. As I continued my remarks, I observed that they had tears in their eyes. The priesthood leader was so embarrassed that he could not find enough words of regret and apology. Deeply touched and lightened by inner understanding, they were ready to participate in the additional experiences of their temple visit.”

Okay, that should help clear up what Elder Busche meant, at least a little. I just want to point out what a difference the promptings and feelings that the presence of the Spirit can make in such instances. Too often, I think, we get caught up in the mere words of the discussions in this blog. There is another dimension of understanding that only the Spirit can bring. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if or how the Spirit works through the mysterious depths of the World Wide Web.

Granting that holding a temple recommend is a reasonable proxy for faithfulness, why do you assume, then, that TR holders are less likely than non-TR holders to be in favor of women’s ordination? Among those I know who favor or hope for women’s eventual ordination, there are plenty of current recommend holders. I think, actually that the belief is fairly evenly distributed between TR holders and non-TR holders in my acquaintance. I suspect that I probably talk to more people than you do about this subject, so I’d be interested to hear whether you have any empirical support for your position (anecdotal though it will necessarily be).