Rank and File didn ' t know . It was taboo to even whisper about AdamGod or other embarrassing topics . My neighbor had a filing cabinet full of this stuff . He wouldn ' t talk about it in fear of discipline by the church . He shared a little with me but wouldn ' t go into detail so my innocent testimony wouldn ' t be tainted . While on my mission in ' 76 ' 78 a few members had the whole set of JofD . One family we had dinner with had the JofD . The one book and one page was somewhat warn as the book fell open on the AdamGod doctrine . The member commented , every missionary opens that book and reads that page . He didn ' t see that it was troubling . He was in the High Counsel . So , I would say yes , leaders did know some or all of it .