I lived behind the Zion Curtain for a decade (not LDS, tho; I lived up around Ogden). I nearly sprained my neck nodding in agreement.
The Church is a wreck, and yes, they did it to themselves. Can't fully blame the upper hierarchy, since that strident attitude reached all the way down to the bishops in many cases (I was once told point-blank that I would never get into a management position unless I had a Temple Recommend. As someone who no-shit worked for the state at the time, that was a bit of a shock. Note that it was once law that you could not sue the state for religious discrimination.)
So, far from being heretical (pardon the pun), I think you're dead-on.
I lived behind the Zion Curtain for a decade (not LDS, tho; I lived up around Ogden). I nearly sprained my neck nodding in agreement.
The Church is a wreck, and yes, they did it to themselves. Can't fully blame the upper hierarchy, since that strident attitude reached all the way down to the bishops in many cases (I was once told point-blank that I would never get into a management position unless I had a Temple Recommend. As someone who no-shit worked for the state at the time, that was a bit of a shock. Note that it was once law that you could not sue the state for religious discrimination.)
So, far from being heretical (pardon the pun), I think you're dead-on.