MormonMendacity wrote:Where would a member learn about MMM except in a history class? I don't think it's taught in any of the GD classes, is it?
Not that I know of (but, then again, very little "history" is taught in GD class, even when studying the D&C). LDS members are pretty much on their own when it comes to the MMM.
"Moving beyond apologist persuasion, LDS polemicists furiously (and often fraudulently) attack any non-traditional view of Mormonism. They don't mince words -- they mince the truth."
-- Mike Quinn, writing of the FARMSboys, in "Early Mormonism and the Magic World View," p. x (Rev. ed. 1998)
I always thought WW's journal entry concerning his visit with BY and others to the meadows after the massacre was quite fascinating. Notice, he doesn't even admit that any Mormons had anything to do with it.
Is he lying, or did he not know the truth? He must have known. So, why does he write that it was the Indians who did it? Not much of a sign of compassion and remorse there, in my estimation. Sweet guy, that WW. BY's character is quite evident, as well.
May 25 [1861] A very cold morning much ice on the creek. I wore my great coat & mittens. We visited the Mt. Meadows Monument not up at the burial place of 120 persons killed by Indians in 1857. The pile of stone was about twelve feet high but beginning to tumble down. A wooden cross is placed on top with the following words, Vengeance is mine and I will repay saith the Lord. Pres. Young said it should be Vengeance is mine and I have taken a little.
I detest my loose style and my libertine sentiments. I thank God, who has removed from my eyes the veil... Adrian Beverland