Church leaders have for years been guilty of "Lying for the Lord." By my definition this is lying to others about the truth because for whatever reason you believe it is what the lord wants you to do "for the cause." This type of exception to the rule decision making can be seen with Nephi murdering Laban. When Joseph wrote this into scripture, he gave himself a get out of jail free card he could play with believers for whatever he needed. Brigham and many others have continued to use lying for the lord as their tool when they thought it was convenient. How can anyone trust these people? I have always been taught in church and by the prophets that omission is also lying. The church is constantly withholding information from the general membership even to this day. CES employees have been told that if information isn't uplifting and testimony building it shouldn't be taught. Boyd Packer made his infamous quote I mentioned earlier in a post "Some things that are true are not very useful" which I find comical. I can't begin to wonder why each prophet has continued the lies (ego, personal gain, the greater good) but there is no question that they have.
My favorite source on this is from a former CES teacher that I think is great. They are broken up so you will have to watch each segment but it is worth it:
http://youtu.be/gKt7ozdKeBk
Here are a few other links I like:
http://www.mormonthink.com/lying.htm
http://www.exmormon.org/lying.htm
http://www.mormonwiki.org/Lying_for_the_Lord
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