moksha wrote:ldsfaqs wrote:Well, they DID appologize for MMM.....On September 11, 2007, at the memorial ceremony for the sesquicentennial anniversary of the massacre, Henry B. Eyring, an Apostle who would join the First Presidency of the LDS Church the following month, read an official statement, saying:
"We express profound regret for the massacre carried out in this valley 150 years ago today, and for the undue and untold suffering experienced by the victims then and by their relatives to the present time. A separate expression of regret is owed the Paiute people who have unjustly borne for too long the principal blame for what occurred during the massacre. Although the extent of their involvement is disputed, it is believed they would not have participated without the direction and stimulus provided by local church leaders and members."
This was a mea culpa plea, not a genuine apology. It was something drafted by lawyers in the hopes that it would deflect legal liability.
by the way, this statement shouts the need for an apology to the Paiute Tribe for the insinuation that the Paiutes went ahead and participated in the massacre. The culprits who shot bullets straight into the head of the enslaved men, women and children of the wagon train were Mormons. Sometimes it behooves us to be forthright and honest. This is one of those times.
Every cry and whine about persecution and mistreatment of Mormons has to be measured against this massacre AND its coverup and defense/dismissal/deflection even a century and a half later. Mormons were murderous religious terrorists just like ISIS, the PLO and others that could be named. All the white shirts and sappy Osmonds and canned PR and droning priesthood voice lullabies in Conference won't change that and the stain on the First Presidency by accomplice prophets who helped the cover up and spread the lies. These are NOT "little flecks of the past" to be finessed away by a serial lying Gordon B. Hinckley. These were real people who have descendants who will not forget this outrage, nor should they.