… If you can find a truth in heaven earth, … it belongs to our doctrine.” 2 The Why Versus the How
As President Brigham Young (1801–77) taught, “There is no truth but what belongs to the Gospel. Not only does knowing truth give us a better basis for making practical decisions (“No, I won’t have my blood drained today, thanks!”), but it also adds to our understanding of the gospel. And we see that science can be a great tool in uncovering real truth.įor Latter-day Saints, that’s a big deal. 1įrom this historical example, we see that just because a belief is widely accepted or has been around for a long time doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. When bloodletting was finally examined more closely, doctors stopped using it for all but a few specific medical conditions. It wasn’t until doctors started approaching medicine from a scientific viewpoint that anyone questioned the practice. Why should they have? After all, bloodletting had been used for thousands of years by many different cultures. Back then, withdrawing a sizable amount of blood was considered standard treatment for almost any medical condition, including indigestion, insanity, and even acne. Can you imagine going to the dermatologist with a bad case of acne and being told the treatment will be to drain some of your blood? That might sound absurd to you, but it wouldn’t have been far-fetched a couple of centuries ago.
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