Today we’re looking at information the Church has supplied to their youth who attend LDS Seminary. The kids involved (9th –12th grade) are basically 14-18 years old. Check out what it says in their ‘Doctrine and Covenants, and Church History’ Manual. “Lesson 152: The...
“On Being a Mormon Historian (and Its Aftermath),” in George D. Smith, ed., Faithful History: Essays on Writing Mormon History, 1992, p. 76“When Elder Packer interviewed me as a prospective member of Brigham Young University’s faculty in 1976, he explained: ‘I have a...
Lying for the Lord Inside the Mind of Joseph Smith: Psychobiography and the Book of Mormon, Introduction p. xliii f28; “My duty as a member of the Council of the Twelve is to protect what is most unique about the LDS church, namely the authority of priesthood,...
Lying for the Lord Preach My Gospel, pg. 50; “When first teaching this doctrine, do not teach everything you know about it. Explain very simply that God chose two of His children, Adam and Eve, to become the first parents on earth. After their transgression they were...