How can wickedness and apostasy occur so quickly in a society?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Because the people lose the Spirit and fail to teach their children the doctrine of righteousness and to worship Jesus Christ. The rising generation will not know the history and the doctrine unless they are taught. And if not taught the doctrine, children are unprepared to cope with life’s greatest problems. People need a reason not to commit sin; the gospel gives us that reason” (Matthews, “Patterns of Apostasy,” 79).

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