Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Differing in there approach.

General Conference is one of the best times of the year. We have the opportunity to sit and listen to actual prophets proclaim the word of God to His children in these the latter days. Given the class assignment, I listened in a very different way this time. Instead of just what was said I listened to how they conveyed their message to us. Many of the more "popular" speakers that are favored by the population at large, tend to lend most of there persuasion through humor and pathos. Some like Pres. Uchtdorf and Elder Bednar use humor to help ease the audience into there very important messages. Others like Elder Holland inspire the fear of God to those who hear what his passionate sermons entail. On the other hand there are several who lean more towards the more logical side using the power of logos are the powerful if often passed over Pres. Eyring and Elder Oaks utilize logic and emotion for thought provoking and introspective experience. Also to there advantage is the fact that the spirit prophesies to us and helps to convince us of the truth of the words being spoken

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