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Darth J wrote:Yes! No longer will we have to wonder if the following things were just Spencer W. Kimball speculating/"speaking as a man:"

--Bigfoot = Cain? Official doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

--A girl is better off dead than being a rape victim? Official doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

--Masturbating makes you gay? Official doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints!

--Bigfoot = Cain?

--A girl is better off dead than being a rape victim?

--Masturbating makes you gay?

Chapter Four wrote:
A prevalent form of rebellion is the "higher criticism" which is the delight of those Church members who become proud of their intellectual powers. Reveling in their supposed superiority they argue back and forth, analyze with their unaided intellect what can only be discerned by the eye of faith, and challenge and debunk such Church doctrines and policies as do not pass their critical examination. In all this they undermine the faith of those less qualified in knowledge and logic, sometimes apparently gaining pleasure from this result. But the Lord's word to such people is still what it was two thousand years ago:
... Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! (Matt. 18:3, 7.)
One punishment for the rebel against truth is that he loses the power to perceive the truth. Hear these words of Jacob:
But behold, the Jews were a stiffnecked people; and they despised the words of plainness, and killed the prophets, and sought for things that they could not understand. Wherefore, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall. ... (Jac. 4:14. Italics added.)

Chapter Six wrote: A word of warning is in order about wives going out to work. They leave their husbands each day and work often in the presence of other men where they are exposed to flirtations, displays of interest and affection, and confidences all in a situation freed from family concerns and thus inducing the relaxation in which romantic attractions can develop. This setup can be fraught with danger to the home.
Of course it is recognized that some widows and occasionally wives with families at home must work to support their families. But this ought not to be done where avoidable. Mothers of unmarried children should come home and, where necessary, let standards of living and luxury reduce to a point where the salary of the husband will suffice. The numerous luxuries are far too costly when a marriage and children's welfare are on the scales. The point is underlined in a sermon by Elder Boyd K. Packer:
... I would go back to the home that has a mother there. I ask you ... what good is a big picture window and the lavish appointments and the priceless decor in a home if there is no mother there? The mother as a mother, not as a breadwinner, is an essential figure in this battle against immorality and wickedness. I would also go back to the family where children were accountable and where father was the head of the family.
Would you think me naïve if I were to propose that this battle ultimately will be won on such simple grounds as the children coming in after school to homemade bread and jam and Mama there? Or on such grounds as Daddy and Mama taking their youngsters to Sacrament meeting? Or that tender hug as they are put to bed and Daddy and Mama saying, "We need you in this family. You are a part of us, no matter what your troubles are, you can come home."

It is a sin for smart people to tell dumb people that some things that the Church teaches are not quite true:

Women who have careers are on the fast track to adultery: