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dimbear

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2. The Mormons feel that the Book of Mormon is directly inspired by God, and divinely
Thu Jan 12, 2012, 07:10 PM
Jan 2012

and hence perfectly translated by Joseph Smith.

Mormon doctrine, for instance, tells that one of the goals of a Mormon man is to have as many wives as possible. The fly in the ointment is civil laws; Mormons have to get along with them. Hence polygamy is strictly on the down low in the mainline church. Racism is likewise downplayed and truth to tell disapproved nowadays, same reason. Mormons publicly stick with what are to them acceptable hateful things, like gaybashing.

I had to laugh when Neut Gingrich claimed marriage was between a man and a woman for the last 2000 some odd years. Somebody should have told Brigham Young before he married his fifty--you read that right--fifty wives. Neut is a piker with his paltry 3 and counting.

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