"It is hard to understand why so many people are prepared to accept facts as recorded by historians in secular history and yet refuse to accept ecclesiastical history as recorded in the scriptures by men whose characters are beyond reproach, and even refuse to believe, as having come from the Lord, prophecies that have been fulfilled and verified by secular history. Especially have men through the ages refused to accept prophets of their own time, and many of them have been persecuted, ridiculed, and slain."

- N. Eldon Tanner, "Warnings from Outer Space," General Conference, October 1972
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1972/10/warnings-from-outer-space?lang=eng