[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by BYUruss

I would argue its much worse to blindly follow rather than question and research things that seem sketchy in church history. Examples: Women forbidden to pray, blacks and the priesthood, JS marrying little girls, JS marrying women who were already married, JS sending men on missions and then marrying their wives, etc., etc. I think it's really funny that JS did some of the same stuff that Warren Jeffs did yet mullahs have no problem taking shots at him. It was different back then, they say. It was normal to marry little girls. Uhh, no it wasn't. Obviously the church doesn't want its members to find out about these things so thinking for oneself is discouraged. But hey, to each his own.

I don't agree. I think there is potential peril down either one of those paths. Yet another paradox for members of the church to grapple with. Two principles which balance each other.