I have to agree with Hagoth here, I think an apology is clearly in order. When you hurt someone, you apologize. This policy hurt a lot of people. It caused a great deal of anguish in people who believe that the Brethren are what they claim to be, but who have family members and friends who are homosexual. It caused a lot of anguish for members who are homosexual and want nothing more than to be accepted for who they are. And what of the members who went out on a limb defending the Church's stupid policy to their justifiably outraged friends, who have now been thrown under the bus and have to defend a revelation nullifying the previous revelation? This whole mess caused real pain to real people. The Church shouldn't cause that kind of pain and think it doesn't owe anyone an apology.Hagoth wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 2:48 pmYes, an apology. Absolutely. This is not about people like you or me needing an apology, Blashyrkh. It's lying to the people who trusted them most about this being a revelation. From God Almighty, for cryin' out loud. For providing those people with fuel for bigotry. For the children and families damaged. For scorned kids who took their lives. For people excommunicated for apostasy that is no longer apostasy.
To the affected children it was not a simply a choice to bow down or walk away. They were told that Jesus Christ required a saving ordinance that their friends were worthy of but they were not. This was intentional and vindictive shunning. People were needlessly harmed by "prophets and apostles," and told that it was under direct orders from God. Yes, absolutely, not only apology but sincere and public repentance and begging for forgiveness from God and from the people for whom they claim to be shepherds.
Do con men owe their victims an apology? You play the con man's game, you trust his rules, he screws you over, is it your own fault for being gullible? Is a con man just doing what a con man does, and you're to blame for letting them do it?