“execute the curse of Almighty upon that race without being commanded to do it and they will have to be punished for rising up and inflicting this curse upon [the] descendants of Adam. Shall we assume the right without the voice of [the] Lord speaking to us and commanding us to [introduce] slavery into our territory. …[When] in [our] situation we are legislating in [the] capacity of people who desire to serve God, in [the] capacity [to] be the most benefit to [the] nations abroad, is it not known to this honorable council the light in which slavery is looked upon by almost every enlightened nation or heathen? They look upon it with disgust" -Elder Orson Pratt before the Territorial Legislature on slavery. 27 January 1852. Church Record 100 91.-…
“Church President David O. McKay was uncomfortable with McConkie's book and its authoritative title and so he commissioned a committee to investigate. Two senior Apostles, Mark E. Petersen and Marion G. Romney, documented what they considered to be 1,067 errors and recommended it not be republished.”
“Lowell Bennion has articulated a useful guideline when the scriptures, or Church leaders, apparently contradict each other. He suggests we look for the great central principles that are repeated again and again, especially by Christ, and judge all other claims or notions by them. He writes, “I do not accept any interpretation of scriptural passages that portrays God as being partial, unforgiving, hateful, or revengeful. It is more important to uphold the character and will of God than it is to support every line of scripture.” In that spirit, it seems to me we must not accept any interpretation or scripture, or any statement by a Church leader or teaching in a Church meeting or Church school class that denies or diminishes the clear, central doctrine that all are alike…
