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I can’t help but think of my own relationship with my parents. If I don’t speak to them for some time and then go to them to ask them for something, they don’t scoff at me or scorn me for my failure to communicate.

It is important to note that the purpose of Church discipline is not to punish people, but to facilitate full repentance for someone who has made serious mistakes.

While there is no official doctrine on reading books from other faith traditions, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have long been encouraged to seek out learning as a lifetime effort, this often includes reading things beyond our own canonized scriptures or the modern words of our Prophet, Apostles and other Church Leaders.