Good post, JRochelle. Thanks.
I think members who take the time to learn the facts about MMM are quite sympathetic, and ashamed, as am I, that fellow members of the faith are capable of such despicable acts. It’s humbling to say the least. Do I personally feel the need to apologize? No, just as I feel no need to pay for slavery reparations. Does the LDS Church as an institution bear some responsibility for instigating the act? According to the evidence I’ve seen, that doesn’t appear to be the case, although I can see the argument to be made for a more intensive investigation and punishment for the act by the LDS Church. I don’t know why this didn’t occur; perhaps the LDS Church does owe an apology for this. This may have been a motivating factor behind the memorial mentioned in the video, I don’t know; it concerns me that some people aren’t willing to be satisfied, though, until the LDS Church apologizes for acts which, I believe, it did not commit. If this is the case, they will, sadly, never be satisfied.
It seems to me that, like so many injustices, the events are past and gone, and best left there. That doesn’t mean that wrongs weren’t committed, and we should certainly learn what we can from them and see to it that such an event is never repeated. It should never be excused; and I hope that the old wounds can heal soon.
It is equally tragic that some have seen fit to let this wound canker their own lives. Christ did teach forgiveness in addition to repentance.
Perhaps September Dawn will be the “jolt” that everybody needs to fully confront the issue and place it behind us for good. We can only hope.
We've alREADY paid!
Many times over!
But the constant smudging of facts and declaring BY not guilty for any of it is wrong.
No innocent man would cover up the murder of 100+ innocent people for over a dozen years. His actions after the fact convict him of his acts before the murders.