A Trifling Affair

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I heard of one man who came here twenty years ago, who stayed a few years and got more property than he ever had before, then sold it, and went to California, feeling and believing that he had worked long enough for the Lord, and that henceforth he would work for himself. The last I heard of him he was in poverty, distress, and disgrace. Loved of the Lord? No; if the Lord did not hate him, he did not love him. Angels did not love him, Saints did not love him, and the devil despised him, as he does all apostates. In R v Jordan (1956) 40 Cr App R 152, the defendant was admitted to hospital with stab wounds. When the victim died 8 days later, his wounds had largely healed and it was held that it was medical treatment subsequent to the healing of the wounds that caused the death, rather than the wounds themselves. The wounds were not an operating and substantial cause of the death. Some of our dear members struggle for years with the question whether they should separate themselves from the Church.

See this intricate wood carving of the infant Samuel at prayer? He whittled that with the tip of his mighty weapon with his eyes closed. A video created by LDS Philanthropies in 2013 ( Journey to Become: One Family’s Journey) suggested that it is appropriate to deny inheritance to children who leave the Church:There is a superior intelligence bestowed upon such as obey the Gospel with full purpose of heart, which, if sinned against, the apostate is left naked and destitute of the Spirit of God, and he is, in truth, nigh unto cursing, and his end is to be burned. When once that light which was in them is taken from them they become as much darkened as they were previously enlightened, and then, no marvel, if all their power should be enlisted against the truth, and they, Judas-like, seek the destruction of those who were their greatest benefactors.

Let a man or woman who has received much of the power of God, visions and revelations, turn away from the holy commandments of the Lord, and it seems that their senses are taken from them, their understanding and judgment in righteousness are taken away, they go into darkness, and become like a blind person who gropes by the wall. Teachings of Presidents of the Church, Brigham Young Chapter 12: Preventing Personal Apostasy were offended When the Prophet had ended telling how he had been treated, Brother Behunin remarked: ‘If I should leave this Church I would not do as those men have done: I would go to some remote place where Mormonism had never been heard of, settle down, and no one would ever learn that I knew anything about it.’ Teachings of Presidents of the Church, Brigham Young Chapter 12: Preventing Personal Apostasy will go to final destructionIn practice, the acts of a third party will only break the chain of causation between the defendant and the victim’s harm if they are such as to render the defendant’s actions non-operable on the harm. In other words, if the defendant’s act can still be considered an operating and substantial (more than minimal) cause of the victim’s harm, the chain of causation will not be broken ( R v Malcherek and Steel [1981] 2 All ER 422). The general position in respect of acts of victims is that an individual should be held responsible for acts that they undertake freely. In R v Kennedy(No 2)[2007] UKHL 38, for example, it was held that a person who provided another will a syringe containing heroin could not be held liable when the victim injected themselves with it. This was because the act of injection was carried out freely and therefore broke the chain of causation from the act of providing the drug. The defendant would have only been liable if the drug was jointly administered, meaning the conduct was not solely the victims.

In Instan the defendant lived with her aunt who became ill with gangrene. The aunt was unable to feed herself or to seek medical help personally. The defendant did not feed the aunt, nor did she seek any medical help for her, despite remaining living in the aunt’s house and eating the aunt’s food. The defendant was convicted of the aunt’s manslaughter. It was considered that the defendant’s neglect of the aunt had facilitated the aunt’s death. ANSWER - ELDER OAKS:…I can imagine that in most circumstances the parents would say, “Please don’t do that. Don’t put us into that position.” Surely if there are children in the home who would be influenced by this example, the answer would likely be that. …”Yes, come, but don’t expect to stay overnight. Don’t expect to be a lengthy house guest. Don’t expect us to take you out and introduce you to our friends, or to deal with you in a public situation that would imply our approval of your “partnership.” If I'm reading this right, Turner and perhaps others have some resentment over Pepys' appointment as Clerk of the Acts, and get Lady Monk to intervene. But Montagu refuses to stand down, instead standing up for his prerogative to appoint Pepys. Presendia Lathrop Huntington Buell Smith Kimball as quoted in Four Zinas: A Story of Mothers and Daughters on the Mormon Frontier Other resourcesAvoiding Personal Apostasy Ensign, June 2009, By Elder Claudio D. Zivic if bitter, have a presence of darkness When I told her I no longer believe in the truth offered by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, my mother reacted by telling me she mourned me as if I had died. Kind of stinks for Lady Monk, but then if she was raised to expect that kind of treatment when she got too far into "Men's business," then maybe she wasn't insulted. Maybe she was even glad for a chance to at least see into power politics, and take a role, however minor. Most of those who leave the LDS Church over truth-claim issues are at least implying the possibility that Joseph Smith was being deceitful about his translation abilities (e.g., with the Book of Abraham) and that the manner in which he implemented polygamy is ethically problematic—for example, lying about polygamy publicly, performing duplicate ceremonies to hide first sealings from his wife, proposing to a seven month pregnant newlywed woman, and marrying a 14 year old who was reluctant to do so (see five key facts for credible references). Doctrine and Covenants 121 suggests these individuals are the “servants of sin” and “children of disobedience” themselves: Practical completion is a state of affairs in which the works have been completed free from patent defects, other than ones to be ignored as trifling