Peter's voice sure when calling evil ones 'brute beasts'
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At the April 1971 general conference, President Spencer W. Kimball, then Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve, spoke of the fallacy of some who consider themselves learned, yet strive to lead others astray. Some of the so-called learned promote freedom but not responsibility, speak in lofty terminology while leading others into the depths of corruption, and boast of their own accomplishments while living in disobedience.
President Kimball said: "Many voices, loud and harsh, come from among educators, business and professional men, sociologists, psychologists, authors, movie actors, legislators, judges, and others, even some of the clergy, who, because they have learned a little about something, seem to think they know all about everything.
"Peter's voice was sure when he called the evil ones brute beasts who would perish in their own corruption. He called them 'spots . . . and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings,' 'having eyes full of adultery'; 'beguiling unstable souls.' He speaks of their 'lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness'; and those who return to their sin after having been cleansed he likens to the dog returning to its vomit and the sow that has been washed returning to her wallowing again in the mire.'" (See 2 Pet. 2:13-22.)
