An Early Christmas Present For "progressive Mormons"

[provoman]

The apostles and prophets have used cutting humor from Elijah to the sermons of Brigham Young to some of the now-funny tracts mocking the follies of the RLDS church written by apostles early last century.

What do the current living Prophets and Apostles teach?

acting civil while being lied about to the liar is not encouraged.

Really? Will you provide references from current living Prophets and Apostles, which teach that civility is not encouraged when another is lieing?

April 2012, President Uctdorf:

We must repent, and we must be willing to forgive others. Jesus taught: “Forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not … [stands] condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin” and “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”4

Of course, these words seem perfectly reasonable—when applied to someone else. We can so clearly and easily see the harmful results that come when others judge and hold grudges. And we certainly don’t like it when people judge us.

But when it comes to our own prejudices and grievances, we too often justify our anger as righteous and our judgment as reliable and only appropriate. Though we cannot look into another’s heart, we assume that we know a bad motive or even a bad person when we see one. We make exceptions when it comes to our own bitterness because we feel that, in our case, we have all the information we need to hold someone else in contempt.

Edited November 30, 2015 by provoman