Good times! Did you read that article? It was written from a pro LDS point of view and defended the killers.
Yeah, that was a Mormon Bible which is the only thing that saved me from my Mother's wrath. Ha ha ha...
Remember when you were burning mormon bibles? Old knucklehead times, man.
You know, I didn't read beyond the first couple paragraphs, but I don't quite agree with your assessment after reading the whole thing.
While the Mormons were heavily persecuted, driven from their homes, and killed en masse several times, their persecution did not justify the killings at Mountain Meadows.
And more to the point:
Evidence suggests that church president Brigham Young was not responsible or even aware of the Mountain Meadows Massacre before it happened. Assuming this is true, and there's no strong evidence to the contrary, one can safely say that responsibility for the massacre rests with local Mormons, not the church itself.
But yeah, definitely a pro-Mormon take on it. I'm not too current on the research, but my understanding is that at best (or worst), the question of LDS leadership complicity in planning it is up in the air, and probably always will be. From what I do understand, there was at least a Nixonian cover-up that may have gone all the way up the chain of command. There are a few well-regarded books on the subject that are on my reading list after, well, more enjoyable stuff.
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