Sixteen (1821)James, and John in the endowment: “observe conditions generally; see if Satan is
there”...“without disclosing [your] identity”^31 ) and a “secret double agent.” By preserving
free will and giving the people what they wanted in juxtaposition to real truth, Joseph took
his fight against the tyranny of mortal ignorance and the “evil” nature of humankind to a
new level. In irony, he did this by suffering a new religion to arise—having all the potential
for understanding real truth hidden in its roots—to eventually become one of the most
abominable of all religions.
NOTES
(^1) See e.g., “Grey Matter,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2 Mar. 2011, Wikimedia Foundation,
Inc., 17 Apr. 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_matter.
(^2) See e.g., Glenda Beamon Crawford, Differentiation for the Adolescent Learner:
Accommodating Brain Development, Language, Literacy, and Special Needs (Thousand Oaks:
Corwin Press, 2008) 39.
“Adolescent Brain Development | Research Facts and Findings” ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, A
Collaboration of Cornell University, University of Rochester, and the NYS Center for School Safety, May 2002,
ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, 17 Apr. 2011
http://www.actforyouth.net/resources/rf/rf_brain_0502.pdf.
(^3) Igor and Irena Kononenko, Teachers of Wisdom (Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, 2010) 412.
(Although this book describes common sense as an innate to all mortals, Einstein’s alleged use of the
term here is descriptive of the counterbalancing influence human “wisdom” has on the human mind
through adolescence.)
(^4) BOM, 2 Nephi 9:42–3.
(^5) BOM, Mosiah 3:19; 3 Nephi 11:37–8.
(^6) Compare BOM, 3 Nephi 15:1.
(^7) Compare John 17:4.
(^8) BOM, 3 Nephi 15:2.
(^9) BOM, 3 Nephi 17:14.
(^10) BOM, 3 Nephi 15:17, 21; 16:1–3; John 10:16.
(^11) Compare BOM, 3 Nephi 17:2.
(^12) BOM, 3 Nephi 17:12.
(^13) See TSP, chapter 42.
(^14) Compare BOM, 3 Nephi 15:1.
(^15) Compare BOM, 3 Nephi 17:14; 18:1 et seq.
(^16) SNS, 87.
(^17) SNS, 87.
(^18) Matthew 6:6; Psalms 46:10.
(^19) See Introduction, n. 56.
(^20) Colossians 2:18.
(^21) HR, 15:30; Matthew 18:4.
(^22) 1 John 2:26–8.
(^23) See BOM, 1 Nephi 3:7.
(^24) JSH 1:19.
(^25) See TSP, (Appendix 3, “The First Vision,”) 635.
(^26) See Isaiah 55:8–9. See also “Guile,” Marvelous Work and a Wonder®, 2011, Marvelous
Work and a Wonder Purpose Trust. 17 Apr. 2011
http://www.marvelousworkandawonder.org/q_a/contents/1gen/q06/6gen015.htm.