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3. They got into scouting to keep young men from being tempted to leave the Church ...

Reply to A.M. Kittenplan (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 15, 2021, 12:46 AM

Sep 2021

... It did just the opposite by encouraging men to be independent adventuring armies of one.

My wife was President of the Relief Society at our Ward in Mesa during the eighties. There was a big portion of the LDS that didn't think Boy Scouting was good for keeping men in the Church.

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I wondered how the LDS was involved in this. marble falls Sep 2021 #1

I think because it's a church A.M. Kittenplan Sep 2021 #2

They got into scouting to keep young men from being tempted to leave the Church ... marble falls Sep 2021 #3

So many victims. Holy shit. twodogsbarking Sep 2021 #4