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(8/1/98)
"We can respect other religions, and must do so. We must recognize
the great good they accomplish. We must teach our children to be tolerant
and friendly toward those not of our faith. We can and do work with
those of other religions in the defense of those values which have made our civilization great and our society distinctive." - Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley, "We Bear Witness of
Him," General Conference, April 1998
(8/2/98)
"It is a mistaken notion, let me say here, that some people entertain
that because men persecute us, we must persecute them: that because men
would proscribe us in our religious faith, we must persecute them in theirs. There is no such principle associated with God, or with those who
dwell in the love of God, or who are actuated by the Spirit of God. Everything
of that kind proceeds from beneath and not from above. God is interested
in the welfare of all people, all nations, all kindreds, and all tongues."
- John Taylor, "Journal of Discourses," 22:290-291
(8/3/98)
"I am grateful for choice friends out there, friends not of my own
faith, whom I have learned to respect and cherish, and for whom I have
a sincere affection. I am grateful for the conviction that has come in mingling
with them that there is much that we have in common -- all men: great
truths, great objectives, common problems and so much that pertains to all
of us in the living of life, and I have learned to respect the beliefs of
others..." - Richard L. Evans, Conference Report, April 1960, p.29
(8/4/98)
"I plead with our people everywhere to live with respect and appreciation for those not of our faith. There is so great a need for civility
and mutual respect among those of differing beliefs and philosophies.
We must not be partisans of any doctrine of ethnic superiority. We live
in a world of diversity. We can and must be respectful toward those with whose teachings we may not agree. We must be willing to defend the rights
of others who may become the victims of bigotry." - President Gordon B. Hinckley,
"This Is the Work of the Master," General Conference, April 1995
(8/5/98)
"There is only one plan of salvation. There is only one way for
men to gain a celestial inheritance of eternal glory, and that is to forsake the
world, have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, enter his kingdom through the door
of baptism, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and then keep his commandments.
We respect our Father's other [p. 64] children of all sects, parties, and denominations, and have no desire except to see them receive the added light and
knowledge that has come to us by revelation, and to become with us inheritors
of the great blessings of the restoration of the gospel. But we have the
plan of salvation; we administer the gospel; and the gospel is the sole
hope of the world, the one way that will bring peace on earth and right the
wrongs that exist in all nations." - Joseph Fielding Smith, "To the Saints in Great Britain," ENSIGN, September 1971, pp. 3-4
(4/6/05)
"Take away basic moral standards, and observe how quickly tolerance changes
into permissiveness." - Neal A. Maxwell, "Put
Off the Natural Man, and Come Off Conqueror," Ensign, Nov. 1990, p. 15
11/12/09
“I would like for a few
minutes to offer a few observations in regard to the question of tolerance and
broadmindedness. We hear so much in these days about being tolerant and
broadminded. I suppose the world will never know how many crimes have been
committed through a misinterpretation and misunderstanding of these terms. Satan
is very ‘broadminded,’ extremely so as long as he can get people to do evil and
avoid the truth. He will teach any kind of theory, or principle, or doctrine, if
it doesn't conform to the fundamental things of life–the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
He is even willing to teach some truth if he can join that truth with error, and
by teaching the error with the truth lead men astray. This is how broadminded he
is, and that is how the apostasy came about in the primitive church.” -
Joseph Fielding Smith, “Conference Report,” October 1936,
Second Day–Morning Meeting, p. 59