[JoeFromSidney]

As an act of self preservation or to protect the Mormon Church, it is doctrinally permissive to lie about your beliefs or intentions.

Sounds an awful lot like the Muslim doctrine of taqiyya. It's OK to lie to infidels to protect the Muslim faith.

[reaganaut]

Sounds an awful lot like the Muslim doctrine of taqiyya. It’s OK to lie to infidels to protect the Muslim faith.

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That is exactly what it is and it is pervasive.

When I was training to be an LDS missionary, I was given a list of LDS doctrines/beliefs NOT to teach or to outright lie about if it was brought up.

When asked why if we (as Mormons) had the only truth (as they teach) we couldn’t’ be honest. My instructor said “If we were honest, no one would join”.