” dictated laws by which they were to be governed to secure to themselves eternal life. “
Why does that sound like he is a Savior? Without those laws, there is no eternal life.
dictated laws by which they were to be governed to secure to themselves eternal life.
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Many times Non Mormons are not familiar with LDS speak or idioms.
“I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.
Quoted by John Taylor, in Journal of Discourses, 10:57-58
When asked his approach to governing his people at Nauvoo, Illinois.”
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