This is why I rarely pull punches:
If the time was that the Elders of Israel could not be chastened and corrected for their wrongs, and be set right, you may know that they have proved recreant to the faith. And if those who are appointed to lead this people dare not rise up and tell them of their iniquity and chastise them therefore, and teach them the way of life and salvation, you may know that your leaders have fallen from their station. The Lord has bestowed the everlasting Priesthood upon the children of men for their salvation. It is not believed for a moment, by any person who believes in the Bible, that a man or woman can be saved in their sins. They have to be separated from their sins and iniquity; they have to put off the old man, with all his deeds, and put on the new man Christ Jesus. If ever we see the time that we dare not tell men of their evils, and correct them when in fault, you may despair of salvation in this kingdom.
--Brigham Young, August 9, 1857, JD 5:124.
When a plane crashed because I did not raise the warning voice, I learned my lesson. Now, I raise hell to a whole new level. Go Brigham.
People will make such a fuss about the sins of Commission that are easily identified and ignore the sins of Omission, for most of us, it is the hardest and sometimes the most difficult recognize, especially if it is within our own (LDS) culture. Nobody wants to know anymore.
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