I really like the original talk, and comparing the two, I think the first is more accurate. I learned this principle the hard way, on my own, while on my mission, directly through the Spirit, and having learned that, it gave me a lot of peace then, and later helped when I saw the "church" screw my dad as a church employee a few years later. I understood that the church was not equivalent to the gospel, and it was only uninspired people who did the screwing, and not really the church, or God.rewcox wrote:Has anyone made a point of the original talk and what it means to them?
It's nice to see what I learned on my mission confirmed in a conference talk, and I have to admit, a little saddening to see it plastered over out of concern over people who are already apostate. Rewriting the talk probably just gave them more ammunition, instead of less. On the bright side, I think this might actually work to the benefit of the full truth, in that this talk will receive much more pondering and thought than if it had just been left alone. So maybe that $10-$15,000 redoing it was well-spent after all. 8-}