Myth or Fact? Does the church support and teach the use of 72 hour emergency preparedness kits? Just a little discussion our bishop had with the church members today in church.
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I copied this from the search engine on the lds.org site. Our bishop was saying that the 72hr kit was a "marketing gimick" dreamed up, although it's not a bad idea, it's not church doctrine to have one. Only a year supply of food is church doctrine.
There were articles with suggestions to have 3-day kits in a personal supply kit of food and other items in 1977 and again in 1992, in the Ensign--which doesn't provide enough to prove "sponsorship," yet does technically qualify it as doctrinal that they are helpful.
In addition, in contacting ward prepardness peoples, they do give training on 3- day supply kits and what is to be included.
The official suggestion is that you should start with a one-week supply of food, then build to a month, three months, and a year.
While only quasi-doctrinal, often accepted church practices and maxims accepted and operated by members of the church at large in positive areas become orthopraxy by proxy, such as the statement "As man is God once was, as God is man may become," which is also not officially doctrinal.
While the origin of the "72-hour kit" is just that, it has been discussed and accepted, in terms of publications, trainings, and practices by the curch and church members.
by the way, "support and teach" is different than "doctrinal" anyway. I strove to show it as a quasi-doctrinal principle, but adequately showed that it has "supported and taught" the principle.
We are just saying the church as a first presidency and 12 didn't come up with the 72 hour kit. It was just someone's good idea and now is as much a part of the church thought as the actual year supply. Not saying it is a bad idea and we have our 72 hour kits but.....
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ABSOLUTELY--it is on their websites and in trainings, etc.
I would say yes as well.
Your search for 72 hour emergency prepardness kit has returned 0 results in All Church Content.
I copied this from the search engine on the lds.org site. Our bishop was saying that the 72hr kit was a "marketing gimick" dreamed up, although it's not a bad idea, it's not church doctrine to have one. Only a year supply of food is church doctrine.
There were articles with suggestions to have 3-day kits in a personal supply kit of food and other items in 1977 and again in 1992, in the Ensign--which doesn't provide enough to prove "sponsorship," yet does technically qualify it as doctrinal that they are helpful.
In addition, in contacting ward prepardness peoples, they do give training on 3- day supply kits and what is to be included.
The official suggestion is that you should start with a one-week supply of food, then build to a month, three months, and a year.
While only quasi-doctrinal, often accepted church practices and maxims accepted and operated by members of the church at large in positive areas become orthopraxy by proxy, such as the statement "As man is God once was, as God is man may become," which is also not officially doctrinal.
While the origin of the "72-hour kit" is just that, it has been discussed and accepted, in terms of publications, trainings, and practices by the curch and church members.
Search engines are not the source of all truth.
by the way, "support and teach" is different than "doctrinal" anyway. I strove to show it as a quasi-doctrinal principle, but adequately showed that it has "supported and taught" the principle.
We are just saying the church as a first presidency and 12 didn't come up with the 72 hour kit. It was just someone's good idea and now is as much a part of the church thought as the actual year supply. Not saying it is a bad idea and we have our 72 hour kits but.....
I agree--I apologize if my tone was too strong, I agree completely.
nope just informative. Actually Joe did come home and look up what you said. This is actually nice to have good comments.
you're welcome.
They teach in BYU wards to have a 72 hour kit!!!
this is way i stay away from this blog
why
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