Another failing perhaps; Joe made the crucial mistake of putting True Believers in his inner circle. Sincere, well meaning folks who bought all Joe's crap, lock stock and barrel.
So when Joe announced a revelation that noted God expected them to be a record keeping people, it didn't occur to the pious folks in the org chart NOT to record the chicanery. While it is beyond obvious a paper trail delineating where all the bodies are buried, so to speak, is a bad thing then as now, we apparently will always have dum-dums that just can't grasp the bigger (scammy) picture.
Anyhow, a tip of the hat to Joe for failing to realize that 'record keeping' revelation was going to bite his church in the ass for decades to come. Current LDS poobahs understand all too well the perils of a paper trail in an inherently corrupt organization with specious and flexible dogma, and are keeping a VERY tight hold on releasing incriminating documents these days.
That the horse is already out of the barn limits their effectiveness, but they're trying.
So when Joe announced a revelation that noted God expected them to be a record keeping people, it didn't occur to the pious folks in the org chart NOT to record the chicanery. While it is beyond obvious a paper trail delineating where all the bodies are buried, so to speak, is a bad thing then as now, we apparently will always have dum-dums that just can't grasp the bigger (scammy) picture.
Anyhow, a tip of the hat to Joe for failing to realize that 'record keeping' revelation was going to bite his church in the ass for decades to come. Current LDS poobahs understand all too well the perils of a paper trail in an inherently corrupt organization with specious and flexible dogma, and are keeping a VERY tight hold on releasing incriminating documents these days.
That the horse is already out of the barn limits their effectiveness, but they're trying.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
