Oh NOW you did it
Perhaps we might have someone show up & try to defend that Young isn't a false prophet. I mean I quoted him from 1863 in my last post, where Young is waxing strong about the Civil War...and even a year away from its finish, Young prophesies: "Will the present struggle free the slave? No…" (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 10, p. 250)
[I guess Young just couldn't see an emancipation proclamation coming, being a "prophet" and all that "NEVER" leads "the only true church on the face of the earth" (D&C 1:30) astray. Mormons decided to reward this kind of "vision" by naming their most prominent university after him!]
These are always tough questions for Mormon apologists, Els:
"Do we defend Young's false prophecies?"
"Do we defend Young's racism?"
"Do we defend Smith's racism?"
"Do we defend a criminal mayoral despot like Smith and thereby stand against the side of free expression in a Free Republic?"
"How can we 'reconstruct' history in a more favorable 'PR' light?"
"Or do we just stay silent...and let the crickets represent us like usual?"
Oh NOW you did it