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“hosts in a last-ditch assault designed to finally bring about mankind’s destruction. Spirits of depression, discouragement, fear, intimidation, witchcraft, sorcery, division, malice and slander…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“There is some pleasure in being on board a ship battered by storms when one is certain of not perishing. The persecutions buffeting the…

— Blaise Pascal

“After all, the Church had murdered itself, as with every decade more and more depressed dubiousness crept into its synods and convocations, until speaking…

— Will Self

“But rather than indoctrinate them more deeply, Donna Henderson, a plainspoken woman, said the Sea Org experience served to "wake us up." Public members,…

— Janet Reitman

“I have seen whole churches destroyed, because they did not know how to be in a state of alert; there were no watchmen on…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“In the meantime, before the civil authorities had been able to start an investigation [into the Mountain Meadows Massacre], the church conducted a private…

— Juanita Brooks

Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.

— Bernard of Clairvaux

If there is anything that has broken the church's relationship with families, it is the global sexual abuse scandal.

— Anthea Butler

“Frank showed that the accusations had almost always been fabricated and that in almost all cases the church, as well as many learned men,…

— Helmut Walser Smith

“Regular church attenders tend to come to our places of worship to feel better, not to be hit with the unfamiliar, the uncomfortable, the…

— Mike Yankoski

“Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.”

— Brother Andrew

“Members who listen to the voice of the Church need not be on guard against being misled. They have no such assurance for what…

— Dallin H. Oaks