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− | + | ==One Nation under Gods, page 418 (hardback and paperback)== | |
Did President Hinckley say that those who are excommunicated from the Church [. . . .] and "that all such enemies of the church deserve what they get as cursed servants of Satan?" President Hinckley said: | Did President Hinckley say that those who are excommunicated from the Church [. . . .] and "that all such enemies of the church deserve what they get as cursed servants of Satan?" President Hinckley said: | ||
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− | + | ==Endnote 58, page 611 (hardback); page 609 (paperback)== | |
*Gordon B. Hinckley, "Prophet Preeminently Grateful for Testimony," ''LDS Church News'', April 8, 2000. | *Gordon B. Hinckley, "Prophet Preeminently Grateful for Testimony," ''LDS Church News'', April 8, 2000. | ||
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− | ::“Their basket shall not be full, their houses and their barns shall perish, and they themselves shall be despised by those that flattered them” ({{s|| | + | ::“Their basket shall not be full, their houses and their barns shall perish, and they themselves shall be despised by those that flattered them” ({{s||D&C|121|16–17,19–20}}) {{ea}}.<ref name="hinckley">{{Ensign1|author=Gordon B. Hinckley|article=[https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2000/04/my-testimony?lang=eng My Testimony]|date=May 2000|start=69}}</ref> |
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The LDS as Mindless Followers | A FAIR Analysis of: One Nation Under Gods, a work by author: Richard Abanes
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Did President Hinckley say that those who are excommunicated from the Church [. . . .] and "that all such enemies of the church deserve what they get as cursed servants of Satan?" President Hinckley said:
"I think the Lord had them in mind when he declared: 'Cursed are all those that shall lift up the heel against mine anointed, saith the Lord.'...[T]hey are the servants of sin, and are the children of disobedience themselves."
ONUG has distorted this source, and put words in President Hinckley's mouth which he did not say.
President Hinckley's remarks were as follows:
President Hinckley contrasts the kindness of most with the "mean and contemptuous" behavior of some critics.
President Hinckley said nothing about such enemies "deserv[ing] what they get as cursed servants of Satan." He leaves all judgment to the Lord, concluding:
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