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Date: January 20, 2018 03:41PM
The Unforgivable Sin -- Criticism
Allegedly the unforgivable sin is "Sin Against the Holy Ghost", whatever that is or means. The truth is that any criticism of any Bishop, Stake President or General Authority will never be forgiven nor forgotten. It will almost guarantee ostracism from the organization. In the Endowment Ordinance under "The Lone and Dreary World" portion of the endowment, there is a prohibition of criticising the "Lord's Anointed". The exact words are "evil speaking of the Lord's anointed . . ."
Dalin Oaks, anointed Apostle and former President of Brigham Young University said, "You cannot criticize the Lord's anointed, even if the criticism is true." You can see how much regard Oaks has for the truth. People's wrongs over truth is the fact of the matter. I wonder if "anointed" means the first, second or all anointings?
Outlawing of criticism is a major flaw in any human organisation. If you outlaw criticism, of either people or programs, typically the problems will only become worse until it is so obvious that a change needs to be instituted. Changes will take place only after major damage has occurred and the situation is obvious to all. I am sure that there were people in Napoleon's and Hitler's armies who pointed out the dangers of invading Russia and facing a winter war. They were not listened to and major defeats were the consequence. There had to have been many in the United States military who objected to engaging in a land wars in Korea, Viet Nam and Afghanistan. The United States is littered with the bones of former corporations: Pennsylvania Railroad, Nabisco, RCA, MCI, Paine Weber, EF Hutton, Eastern Airlines, TWA, Braniff, Enron, Woolworth's, PanAm, General Foods, Pullman Co. etc. all of whom I am sure all suffered from the same ailment.