On Friday 26 February 2010 01:01:52 pm Stuart Jansen wrote:
> Before anyone gets too upset, here's what I think Alberto means:
> 
> (1) An imperfectly understood principle applied with too much zeal can
> lead to serious evil. "Baptism is required to enter heaven, therefore
> infants should be baptized."
> 
> (2) Uncompromising dedication to a misunderstood principle can blind one
> to greater truth. "I must not eat the shewbread, it is intended only for
> the priests."
> 
> (3) God can extract good results from the evil actions of his children.
> "Wow these Anti-Nephi-Lehies are letting us just slaughter them. Maybe
> there's something to this new religion of theirs after all."

Well put. :-)

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Alberto Treviño
BYU Testing Center
Brigham Young University
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