Your Scriptures

[Mormorrisey]

I've been reading and rereading that book for at least twenty years, and I always had difficulty reconciling that passage with Mormon teachings. Steinbeck's words spoke more spiritual truth to me, but I believed the church was true...a lot of mental gymnastics going on there.

That's interesting that you saw it this way. I always saw it as a celebration of the Mormon doctrine of agency, even when I was at my most Mormony, I saw this. However, I've come to understand, agency really doesn't exist if you don't do what the leaders tell you to do.