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|I believe that if the Lord were speaking to you directly tonight, the first thing He would make sure you understand is your true identity. My dear friends, you are literally spirit children of God. ...
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* Richard E. Turley, ''Victims: The LDS Church and the Mark Hofmann Case'' (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992). ISBN 0252018850.  
 
  
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Labels ''can'' be fun and indicate your support for any number of positive things. Many labels will change for you with the passage of time. And not all labels are of equal value. But if any label replaces your most important identifiers, the results can be spiritually suffocating. ...
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* [[Logical fallacies#Ad hominem | Ad hominem]]
 
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* [[Logical fallacies#Poisoning the well | Poisoning the well]]
 
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''Who are you?'' First and foremost, you are a child of God.
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* George Throckmorton and Steve Mayfield, "Salamander Letters" (2006 FAIR Conference presentation) {{fairlink|url=http://www.fairmormon.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2006-Steve-Mayfield-and-George-Throckmorton.pdf}}
 
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* Roger Keller, "The Apostasy," FAIR 2004 conference.-> {{fairlink|url=http://www.fairmormon.org/perspectives/fair-conferences/2004-fair-conference/2004-the-apostasy}}{{an|Dr. Keller is a former Presbyterian minister.}}
 
  
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Second, as a member of the Church, you are a child of the covenant. And third, you are a disciple of Jesus Christ.
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* {{KnoWhy:1243:An Apostles Witness:21 August 2019}}
 
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* Clark Goble, "Cognitive Dissonance and Confirmation Bias," Mormon Metaphysics blog post, (20 July 2007), ''libertypages.com''. {{link|url=http://www.libertypages.com/clark/11001.html}}
 
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* Cognitive dissonance - multiple links {{link|url=http://www.intractableconflict.org/m/cognitive_dissonance.jsp}}
 
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* Critique of Cognitive Dissonance Theory {{link|url=http://www.ciadvertising.org/sa/fall_03/adv382J/mbabbott/critique.htm}}
 
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* {{Ensign1|author=Dallin H. Oaks|article=Recent Events Involving Church History and Forged Documents|date=October 1987|start=63}}{{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1987/10/news-of-the-church?lang=eng}}
 
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* Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin, "Is Spirituality All in Your Head?," ''MeridianMagazine.com'' {{link|url=http://www.meridianmagazine.com/ideas/040216neurotheology.html}}
 
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* {{KnoWhy:0102:How Does The Lord Make Our Burdens Light:18 May 2020}
 
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* {{Jibson:Imagine Review Of The End Of Faith Religion:FARMS Review:2006}}
 
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* {{Interpreter:Peterson:Better Kingdom-building Through Triage:2021}}
 
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* {{Peterson:Reflections On Secular Anti-mormonism:FARMS Review:2005}}
 
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* {{Ensign|author=Richard Lloyd Anderson|article=The Alvin Smith Story: Fact and Fiction|date=August 1987|start=58}}{{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1987/08/the-alvin-smith-story-fact-and-fiction?lang=eng}}
 
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* Utah History Encyclopedia, "Mark Hofmann" {{link|url=http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/h/HOFMAN,MARK.html}}
 
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* {{KnoWhy:0001:What Does It Mean To Be A Martyr:21 August 2019}}
 
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Tonight, I plead with you not to ''replace'' these three paramount and unchanging identifiers with any others, because doing so could stymie your progress or pigeonhole you in a stereotype that could potentially thwart your eternal progression.
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For example, if you are identified mainly as an American, those who are not Americans may think, “I know everything there is to know about you” and attribute erroneous beliefs to you.
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* {{Book:Brown-Mather:Almas Reality Reading Alma As Sinful Repentant Traumatized:2021}}
 
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* Leon Festinger, ''A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance'' (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1957). ISBN 0804701318
 
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* Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter, ''When Prophecy Fails: a Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World'', (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1956).
 
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* Linda Sillitoe and Allen Roberts, ''Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders,'' 2nd. ed., (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989). ISBN 0941214877
 
  
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If you identify yourself by your political affiliation, you will instantly be categorized as having certain beliefs—though I don’t know anyone who believes everything that their preferred political party presently embraces.
  
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We could go on and on, rehearsing the constraints of various labels that we put on ourselves or that other people place upon us. ...
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How tragic it is when someone believes the label another person has given them. ...
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[Satan] rejoices in labels because they divide us and restrict the way we think about ourselves and each other. How sad it is when we honor labels more than we honor each other.
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Labels can lead to judging and animosity. Any ''abuse'' or ''prejudice'' toward another because of nationality, race, sexual orientation, gender, educational degrees, culture, or other significant identifiers is offensive to our Maker! Such mistreatment causes us to live beneath our stature as His covenant sons and daughters!
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There are various labels that may be very important to you, of course. Please do not misunderstand me. I am not saying that other designations and identifiers are not significant. I am simply saying that no identifier should ''displace'', ''replace'', or ''take priority over'' these three enduring designations: “child of God,” “child of the covenant,” and “disciple of Jesus Christ.”
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Any identifier that is not compatible with these three basic designations will ultimately let you down. Other labels will disappoint you in time because they do not have the power to lead you toward eternal life in the celestial kingdom of God.
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Worldly identifiers will never give you a vision of who you can ultimately become. They will never affirm your divine DNA or your unlimited, divine potential.<ref>Russell M. Nelson, "Choices for Eternity," Worldwide Devotional for Young Single Adults, 15 May 2022 {[link|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/broadcasts/worldwide-devotional-for-young-adults/2022/05/12nelson?lang=eng}}</ref>}}

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I believe that if the Lord were speaking to you directly tonight, the first thing He would make sure you understand is your true identity. My dear friends, you are literally spirit children of God. ...

Labels can be fun and indicate your support for any number of positive things. Many labels will change for you with the passage of time. And not all labels are of equal value. But if any label replaces your most important identifiers, the results can be spiritually suffocating. ...

Who are you? First and foremost, you are a child of God.

Second, as a member of the Church, you are a child of the covenant. And third, you are a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Tonight, I plead with you not to replace these three paramount and unchanging identifiers with any others, because doing so could stymie your progress or pigeonhole you in a stereotype that could potentially thwart your eternal progression.

For example, if you are identified mainly as an American, those who are not Americans may think, “I know everything there is to know about you” and attribute erroneous beliefs to you.

If you identify yourself by your political affiliation, you will instantly be categorized as having certain beliefs—though I don’t know anyone who believes everything that their preferred political party presently embraces.

We could go on and on, rehearsing the constraints of various labels that we put on ourselves or that other people place upon us. ...

How tragic it is when someone believes the label another person has given them. ...

[Satan] rejoices in labels because they divide us and restrict the way we think about ourselves and each other. How sad it is when we honor labels more than we honor each other.

Labels can lead to judging and animosity. Any abuse or prejudice toward another because of nationality, race, sexual orientation, gender, educational degrees, culture, or other significant identifiers is offensive to our Maker! Such mistreatment causes us to live beneath our stature as His covenant sons and daughters!

There are various labels that may be very important to you, of course. Please do not misunderstand me. I am not saying that other designations and identifiers are not significant. I am simply saying that no identifier should displace, replace, or take priority over these three enduring designations: “child of God,” “child of the covenant,” and “disciple of Jesus Christ.”

Any identifier that is not compatible with these three basic designations will ultimately let you down. Other labels will disappoint you in time because they do not have the power to lead you toward eternal life in the celestial kingdom of God.

Worldly identifiers will never give you a vision of who you can ultimately become. They will never affirm your divine DNA or your unlimited, divine potential.[1]
  1. ↑ Russell M. Nelson, "Choices for Eternity," Worldwide Devotional for Young Single Adults, 15 May 2022 {[link|url=https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/broadcasts/worldwide-devotional-for-young-adults/2022/05/12nelson?lang=eng}}
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