Boyd K. Packer Quotes


There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just 'that way' and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is of the devil. No one is locked into that kind of life. From our premoral life we were directed into a physical body. There is no mismatching of bodies and spirits. Boys are to become men-masculine, manly men-ultimately to become husbands and fathers. No one is predestined to a perverted use of these powers.


Citations

Packer, Boyd K. To the One. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1978, p. 6.

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Boyd K. Packer
Boyd K. Packer
  • Born: September 10, 1924
  • Died: July 3, 2015
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Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and former educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2008 until his death. He also served as the quorum's acting president from 1994 to 2008, and was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve from 1970 until his death. He served as a general authority of the church from 1961 until his death.