Mormons believe that we are led by a prophet, a claim that confuses some and outrages others. What does that claim mean?
When most people hear the word prophet, I imagine they think of someone who foretells the future. But that wasn't the primary function of biblical prophets, it isn't what distinguishes the prophets in the Book of Mormon, and it isn't what makes the prophet at the head of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a prophet. It isn't that prophets never foretell the future, but that isn't what they do primarily.
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