mentalgymnast wrote:I would suppose that you are referring to Mountain Meadows.
http://historynewsnetwork.org/roundup/a ... 7/4/#38211Some observers suspect a rising tide of anti-Mormonism accounts for today's intense focus on Mountain Meadows.
Jan Shipps, professor emeritus of religious studies and history at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and an expert on Mormonism, doubts that Young was involved in the massacre.
"My sense is that Brigham Young was not that dumb as to order people to kill a wagon train" and stir up more ill feelings toward Mormons, she said.
Nevertheless, she said, the prospect of implicating Young and his church in a historic tragedy appeals to modern-day critics.
Yep.
I must have missed where beefcalf said that the MMM was the result of Brigham Young putting a hit on those people. But it isn't as if this is some random allusion to the massacre; it directly pertained to your OP.
As far as Brigham Young, though: was Nixon forced to resign because he actually participated in the Watergate break-in, or because he covered it up?
Should not we show appreciation for Elder Jensen lifting up his voice in proclaiming that there is more to Pioneer Day celebration than meets the eye's first glance? I think he made some positive steps forward. Wouldn't you agree? His remarks took members of the church one more step in the direction of a more open and honest portrayal of history. Is this not a good thing?
It seems that when a General Authority makes a positive step forward in scraping off some of the pealing whitewash that has been applied and accumulated on the Mormon history picket fence over time, there are those that have to jump in and mandate/require that a high powered sandblaster should be used to do the job.
Are you sure? Take a look at the response to Joseph Antley disclosing on Facebook that Joseph Smith used a seer stone to translate most of the Book of Mormon.
I think Elder Jensen knows what he's doing. Inoculation of the saints needs to occur bit by bit over time. by the way, I'd bet he knows his Mormon history as well as any of the GA's.
Regards,
MG
It's not so much the accuracy of what a GA knows as it is the accuracy of what he says. From that perspective, and
considering the competition, being the most accurate General Authority regarding Church history is somewhat like being the best hockey player in Uganda.
