05-02-2007, 02:58 PM | #1 |
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Excommunication of conscience
What if you were in the situation where you were asked to do something that deep down in the seat of your being, you couldn't bring yourself to do, and you knew that the consequence of not doing so was excommunication.
Juanita Brooks is the example that comes to mind. She was told to shut up about John Lee's covenants and blessings being restored or she would be excommunicated. This was not told to her by a bishop or stake president. It was told to her by an apostle. From the account I read, she believed that the apostle was wrong, and she couldn't, in good conscience, be silent. Clearly she chose her conscience over her membership. I very much doubt God will hold such people in reproach. |
05-02-2007, 03:08 PM | #2 |
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05-02-2007, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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I also wonder about the questionable excommunication of Oliver Cowdery. I am always glad he rejoined.
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05-02-2007, 03:35 PM | #4 | |
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On the other hand if I knew that a crime had been committed I couldn't stay quiet about that. I do wonder, however, how many interesting little tidbits are out there in the collective knowledge that will never come to light because people made the opposite choice Ms. Brooks did. This can't be the only time someone was asked to be more discrete about an embarassing fact.
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