My bishop would always go back to his trusty stand-by saying to focus only on the simple truths. There's some scripture that says about the same thing.
In other words, if you selectively stick your head in the hand on the weird stuff (la la la!! can't hear or see you!!), you can get by just fine.
If you only thought about yourself and the power you would have over others, you would not be suicidal. You'ld be laughing at the idiots you fooled and all the real TBMs.
They lack a conscious, they probably love the money, and notoriety. When I was a teen growing up in a well-known household in a community, I was content and privileged(now looking back trying to figure out why I never questioned my beliefs back then...) Going off to BYU-I and being in the in crowd...I had no need to question all of it? I felt safe and ignorance was my bliss. It wasn't until I was alone in a different state with a lot of extra time on my hands that I finally did my research.
If I was a GA, I would spill the beans(but none of them probably will)... sometimes I fantasize about that--being able to bring down a giant stupid religious business LDS inc. that would be the greatest. I can't stand the Mormon church!
Novice People--I am going to avoid them from here on out as much as possible.
I think in order to be a GA you have to give up your wealth and then you are made a head of some corporations and receive payments (income). I think this keeps the GAs humble. If they spill the beans, then they are broke. Am I correct?
with all of the attorney's, i wouldn't be surprised if there were some sort of agreement to not talk bad about the church if you leave. The church covers its ass on everything else, why not that?