Originally posted by LiveCoug
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It isn't a falling away to value truth more than group think and loyalty to an organization that misleads its members. What Hans Mattsson has done is honorable.
It takes courage to do what he did. I wouldn't dare do it--to publicly face scrutiny and be rejected by friends and others who value the Church ahead of the truth.
Truth should always come first. The Church and the truth can coexist, but it will take a courageous church leader to make the appropriate changes. When a church leader is willing to stand up and say: "Joseph Smith did some very bad things." Or when a manual says: "Joseph Smith was rightfully put into Carthage Jail for criminal destruction of a printing press." --Then we will know that the Church values truth above propaganda.
The Church will be a better place when it reaches this point.
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