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Yes. I noted that his posts were about 1/3 the number of your posts. I didn't mean the resurrect this thread. I found it on a google search. I was looking for a conference talk where the General Officer stated that she didn't write scripture. The search string was lds general conference don't write scripture (I couldn't remember if she said, we don't or I don't).

Maybe someone can help explain this to me then: In Ether 3, the brother of Jared sees Christ: 9. And the Lord said unto him: Because of thy faith thou hast seen that I shall take upon me flesh and blood; and never has man come before me with such exceeding faith as thou hast; for were it not so ye could not have seen my finger. Sawest thou more than this? In my simple mind, I always read this as on one before the brother of Jared had the faith sufficient to see Christ's pre-mortal form. Who then was Enoch speaking to when he saw God weep?

And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins. (2 Nephi 25:26). The "we" here is not an imperial we, at least, not in my opinion. Another word for prophesy is to testify or testimony (see Rev 19:10). If we take the passage as a parent talking to his children (in which case, that is what Nephi was doing), then certainly; anyone keeping a journal who testifies of Christ is writing scripture. Moses said he would that all the Lord's people were prophets (Num 11:29). And Paul said covet to prophesy (1 Cor 14:39). I think it is not beneath us to prophesy and if you write it then is it not scripture? So what is the difference between Canonical scripture and personal scripture? For the Old and New Testament, it was accepted by most of the Christian world by a conference of church leaders. What constitutes the Old and New Testament varies from one Christian church to another. But in the LDS church, for personal scripture to become Canonical, the entire church raises their hand in consent as proposed by church leaders in a general conference. I believe this was the case for the four standard works and every addition to the Doctrine and Covenants since it's inception.