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I don't know where you live but where I do, members of the Church think bishops are always inspired. As a matter of fact, we are taught from the podium in GC that our leaders are inspired by God. Never heard a single statement stating "Some" are inspired "Sometimes".

I think that's a fallacy. The Prophet Joseph Smith said a prophet is only a prophet as long as he acts in that capacity which is different to the reasoning you're trying to attribute.

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I live in Orem, Utah, and I can't even remember ever hearing anyone claim that all bishops are always inspired.

Allow me to give you the exact quote:

When is a prophet "Acting as such"? In order to answer that question, let's first ask, what is a prophet? If you look up the word, prophet, in the dictionary, you find that it comes from the Greek word, prophetes, which means, "Inspired speaker." Thus, a prophet is someone who speaks for God under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Thus, to say that a prophet is only a prophet when he is acing as a prophet, is to say that an inspired speaker is only an inspired speaker when he actually is an inspired speaker. This agrees with what the Lord said in the Doctrine and Covenants:

Please note that it does not say that what they speak shall be scripture when they are speaking in conference or "Acting in their office." It says whatever they speak under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost is scripture. So, how do we know when they are speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost? That puts the onus on us. We must be close enough to the spirit of the Lord to be able to tell when they are speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost and when a prophet is acting as a prophet.