Religious Freedom

Elder Dean L. Larsen

Agency, Government, Liberty, Religious Freedom, Self Reliance, Voluntarism May 8, 2016

Self-Accountability and Human Progress

“We have inspired leaders today who are reconfirming the fact that there is no ultimate safety in programmed security where others assume accountability for our direction and performance. Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who demand that government intervene in every aspect of our lives. In both instances the ideal balance is destroyed with a resultant detriment to human progress.”

Elder Robert D. Hales speaks in General Conference, April 2015

Agency, Government, Last Days, Liberty, Politics, Religious Freedom May 7, 2016

Preserving Agency, Protecting Religious Freedom

“As we walk the path of spiritual liberty in these last days, we must understand that the faithful use of our agency depends upon our having religious freedom. We already know that Satan does not want this freedom to be ours. …he is fiercely undermining, opposing, and spreading confusion about religious freedom—what it is and why it is essential to our spiritual life and our very salvation.”

Elder Boyd K. Packer

Discipleship, Education, Family, Religious Freedom, Self Reliance, Signs of the Times May 1, 2016

The Father and the Family

Moral values are being neglected and prayer expelled from public schools on the pretext that moral teaching belongs to religion. At the same time, atheism, the secular religion, is admitted to class, and our youngsters are proselyted to a conduct without morality. …Because we do know and because we do care, we must teach the rules of happiness without dilution, apology, or avoidance. That is our calling.