QUOTE: “If a faith will not bear to be investigated; if its preachers and professors are afraid to have it examined, their foundation must be very weak.” George Albert Smith, Journal of Discourses, vol. 14, p. 216. [source]
QUOTE: “Our whole strength rests on the validity of that vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did not, then this work is a fraud.” -Gordon B. Hinckley, in General Conference, October 2002. [source]
COMMENTARY: Seems to me that despite reassurances from their leaders, most Mormons are afraid to have their faith examined. But what do I know? I’m just another apostate.