The Sin of Silence

Hugh Nibley explained our responsibility to not just blindly follow the prophet and use that as an excuse to not seek out knowledge for ourselves in this quote:

"Many have noted the strong tendency of Latter-Day Saints to avoide making waves. They seem strangely touchy on controversial issues. This begets an extreme lack of candor among the saints, which in turn is supported by a new doctrine according to which we have a prophet at our head who relieves us of all responsibility for seeking knowledge beyond a certain point, making decisions or taking action on our own."

- Quoted in Awakening to our Aweful Situation, Jack Monnett, p. 30