Some things are popular precisely because they make no demands upon the
individual and produce a false sense of freedom. Yet there is no real
liberty in license, and no real emancipation by avoiding personal
responsibilities. The world’s intellectual pressures are relentless,
too! Elder Albert E. Bowen of the Quorum of the Twelve observed how
some, “to gain favor, to enhance [their] popularity, to avoid giving
offense, … have adopted the theories of men and tried to integrate them
with the teachings of the Son of God, and they will not mix” (in
Conference Report, Apr. 1952, p. 66).