Why do Mormons today violate the Lord's injunctive and hide so much of their "light" rather than let it shine? Just to fit into society or into mainstream Christianity?15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Most publicly, we saw Gordon B. Hinckley do the "prophet shuffle" with the King Follet Doctrine.
Heavenly mother as came up in the recent, active thread with video of Oaks running off at the mouth at some LDS meeting?
Gordon B. Hinckley publicly denying that the Mormon church taught that men and women could become Gods by stating, “I don’t know that we teach it. I don’t know that we emphasize it.”
Claiming it an essay that the LDS Church does not know where the notion of denying blacks the priesthood and temple rites originated, when their First Presidency published a Statement on August 17, 1949 that very clearly specified it was a direct commandment from the Lord.
The gaslighting infused into LDS Gospel Topics Essays.
That the Mormon temple endowment for more than a century, and thus including endowed Mitt Romney, took blood oaths in the temple. That was Jeff Holland doing the "apostle dodge-and-weave".
Russell M. Nelson doing his own "prophet shuffle" rescinding the heinous November 2015 LGBTQ Exclusion policy after having in early 2016 claimed it was a revelation from God and had been “motivated by love.”
Elders Ballard and Oaks explicitly denying, in derisive tone, in November of 2017 that Mormon church leaders have ever attempted to hide any troubling history from its members: ”Some are saying that the Church has been hiding the fact that there’s more than one version of the First Vision, which is just not true. The facts are, we don’t study. We don’t go back and search what has been said on the subject. For example, Dr. James B. Allen of BYU, in 1970 he produced an article for the church magazines explaining all about the different versions of the First Vision…But it’s this idea that the Church is hiding something, which we would have to say–as two apostles that have covered the world and know the history of the Church and know the integrity of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve from the beginning of time–there has been no attempt on the part, in any way, of the Church leaders trying to hide anything from anybody. Now we’ve had the Joseph Smith Papers. We didn’t have those where they are in our hands now. And so we’re learning more about the Prophet Joseph…So, just trust us wherever you are in the world. And you share this message with anyone else who raises the question about the Church not being transparent. We’re as transparent as we know how to be in telling the truth. We have to do that. That’s the Lord’s way.” (Ha ha ha.)
Russell M. Nelson broadly proclaimed that Mormons believe that marriage should only be between one man and one woman, all while D&C 132 still teaches polygamy as Mormon doctrine, and Russell M. Nelson himself (as well as Apostle Dallin H. Oaks) are both sealed to multiple women for the eternities.
Ezra Taft Benson attempting to destroy copies of LDS Church-written “The Story of the Latter-day Saints” in 1976 because he was uncomfortable with the candid history and framing.
This brief, incomplete listing brings to mind the Rodgers and Hammerstein lyrics:
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
