The Meaning of Atonement
Has anyone read Cleon Skousen's theory?
That's probably a dumb question. Most of you read more than I do. Someone tossed that on my plate this week and I'd never really thought of the deep "why" of atonement. It's lead to a few sleepless nights of reading and study. Is this a common Mormon belief? Some of it makes sense, but the underlying root of intelligences and their obeyance of God only due to His honor and the possibiltiy of their rejection and the subsequent upset in power doesn
For perhaps 12 or so years Cleon Skousen's version of the atonement, which he claims was taught him by Apostle Widstoe, was the best thing I had ever run into on the atonement. It was infinitely better than the average members response of "we just can't understand the atonement". I applaud Cleon for at least acknowledging that there is so much more that we can understand about the atonement and setting an example of making the effort to go beyond the no fly zone.
That said, few people will
