Tell the truth. Get Xed!

📅 June 27th.

181 years since the Martyrdom at Carthage.

And today…

I watched another story of a man who paid a steep price—

Not with blood this time,

But with belonging.

🧑‍🏫 Who Is Benjamin Park?

Benjamin Park isn’t some loud apostate.

He’s a believing Latter-day Saint.

A historian. A scholar.

A man who studied the records, prayed over them, and wrote what he found.

But that was the problem.

Because what he found didn’t fit the narrative.

📜 The Post-Manifesto Secret

The Church says polygamy ended in 1890.

The Manifesto said so.

But Benjamin found documents. Testimonies.

Proof that some of the Brethren—at the very top—

Kept performing plural marriages in secret

long after 1890…

…and even after 1904, when the Church doubled down in public.

⚖️ Truth vs. Loyalty

🔹 Benjamin didn’t say this to tear down faith.

🔹 He didn’t rage. He didn’t rebel.

🔹 He just told the truth.

But in the Church today…

Truth without permission = apostasy.

So they excommunicated him.

They called it something else.

But anyone watching knew the real reason.

🧱 Protecting the Church… or the Savior?

This hit me hard.

Because I’ve seen it before.

I’ve felt it.

We spend so much time trying to protect the institution—

that we stop protecting the truth.

And worse…

We stop protecting the Savior.

“They draw near to me with their lips…

But their hearts are far from me.”

(3 Nephi 27:27, Isaiah 29:13)

We’ve become expert builders of walls—

but poor followers of Jesus.

📚 What Kind of Church Silences Its Historians?

One that’s afraid of its own story.

And maybe—just maybe—

afraid of what might happen

if people start seeing the cracks

in the golden statue.

But I’ll tell you this:

Jesus never feared the truth.

He is the truth.

And He walks with those who speak it,

even when it costs them everything.

🕊️ Final Witness

I’m not here to throw stones.

But I am here to say this:

Zion will never be built

on secrets, silencing, or spin.

Zion will rise

through broken people

who choose Christ over comfort,

truth over tradition,

and light over loyalty to men.

And when the truth finally comes pouring out—

not one ounce will be wasted.

📍For the Records

Watch the full interview: Benjamin Park – Excommunicated for Telling the Truth