Values, Principles such as Kindness, Honesty, & Respect ... even though their application (Most Important) can be horribly manipulated in Mormon living... Mean next to Nothing.
everyThing & everyOne in Morland is subject to the will of the authority brokers, the GAs.
Bednar states: "Being a member of the Church affects everything: Where your go.... what you think.... what you speak... what you eat, what you drink, what you wear."
This is interesting because every Mormon will tell you that they have the freedom to choose and the church doesn't tell them what to do. When the definition of freedom as defined by the Oxford dictionary is "the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint." Interesting food for thought.
Oh yes, exactly what I have been saying for years since leaving the LDS Church. They use Satan to control the group. All Christian religions do, on some level.
I always suspected Bednar was this authoritarian but never heard him say it so bluntly. I think Jesus, if he were a God and listening, would be cringing. Bednar is all ego driven. He and David Koresh would be twins if they were in the same religion.