tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6972661907029038524.post3571491766331885556..comments2023-10-19T05:34:26.911-06:00Comments on Serendipity: Brigham Young: Prophet & ManSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08765524620705643823noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6972661907029038524.post-73070317850627195582009-02-22T21:28:00.000-07:002009-02-22T21:28:00.000-07:00I am so thrilled that you got from this quote exac...I am so thrilled that you got from this quote exactly what I was hoping people would get from this quote. Brigham Young did many great things in politics and religion. He also did things I think are horrendous. The same could be said of Thomas S. Monson.Daniel (Old Account)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09853938564287982268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6972661907029038524.post-3150745430006911832009-02-21T20:09:00.000-07:002009-02-21T20:09:00.000-07:00Elizabeth, Thank you for the added disclaimer. I ...Elizabeth, <BR/><BR/>Thank you for the added disclaimer. I hadn't really thought about that, but what you say is probably true.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765524620705643823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6972661907029038524.post-36034448816570860702009-02-21T20:06:00.000-07:002009-02-21T20:06:00.000-07:00This is an intriguing post. The one caveat I woul...This is an intriguing post. The one caveat I would add is that just as we "believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly," I apply a similar filter to Brigham Young's quotes. I believe them to be accurate reflections of (at least) his personal views as far as they are transcribed correctly. <BR/><BR/>While I know nothing about the accuracy of this particular quote, and accept that it may be verbatim what he said, experience with many other quotes attributed to Brigham Young has proven that there were often significant variations in transcriptions, including omissions and additions of phrases, sometimes with the effect of completely altering the meaning of something (this is most evident when there are multiple accounts of a single speech, and is, of course, true of all of Brigham's contemporaries as well). <BR/><BR/>Again - I have no reason to believe that this is anything other than a direct quote from Brigham Young, but in the absence of aural recordings of his statements and speeches, it's very difficult to place too much confidence in the accuracy of words that have been reported by someone else, even in as official a context as the legislature, since there is inevitably a filter of what the transcriber heard.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431028633608716105noreply@blogger.com