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To: higgmeister

I just wish that many of the good conservative values of Mormonism could be more widespread, without the repression, forced conformism, false doctrine, resentment against questions, etc., of Mormonism.


121 posted on 05/08/2008 7:52:59 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Gondring
I just wish that many of the good conservative values of Mormonism could be more widespread, without the repression, forced conformism, false doctrine, resentment against questions, etc., of Mormonism.

I really don't know of the repression and forced conformism. All of the control appears to begin within the family, moving upward. With their Church government being an oligarchy, there is a propensity to be very dogmatic, but I see that as one reason they have retained their strong family values.

The secrecy and resentment is understood from the need to cloak or defuse the inconsistencies and scandals inherent in the earliest beginnings. I am still amazed when I reread Mark Twain's firsthand account and later journalistic revelations.

268 posted on 05/08/2008 9:52:04 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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