Striving for Perfection

This picture is a scan of the "Prefatory Notes" of the 101 General Assembly Minutes. I don't know if Bishop Smith wrote these notes, but his name appears above them so I guess he at least agrees.

Do the first three paragraphs jive with your experience of the 2006 Assembly? The notes say that the Holy Ghost gave the "greatly needed guidance". Does this mean that Bishop Smith is God's annointed and that the process of selection was God ordained?

The notes also quote Proverbs 3:34. Who are the "scorners"? Is this a reference to "The Stand"?

Is this the way the "laity" feel about the 2006 Assembly?