Unveiling Grace Quotes

“Young said, “You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly all the blessings of the intelligence that is generally bestowed upon mankind.”24 Third Mormon prophet John Taylor taught that blacks are the Devil’s representatives on earth.25 As recently as 1964, the prophet David O. McKay stated to a reporter that blacks would not receive the priesthood in his lifetime.26 This was the church’s stance when Mormon George W. Romney sought the U.S. presidency in 1968.”
― Lynn K. Wilder, Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church

“Does the sun rise in the morning? No, that is our perception. The Earth actually spins. Our point of view is faulty.”
― Lynn K. Wilder, Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church

“Mormons understand the role that relationships play in potential converts’ willingness to accept new ideas and the LDS culture. Establishing relationships and loving people works. Mormons do it well.”
― Lynn K. Wilder, Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church

“He asked a simple question and expected no answer. “Is polygamy an eternal principle?”
― Lynn K. Wilder, Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church

“His love is wide and long and high and deep. As I began to get to know this God, I couldn't get enough.”
― Lynn K Wilder, Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church