You may be right about the effect on our reputation. But tell me, do you think that today's Latter-day Saints deserve the reputation of being dishonest?
Or to put it another way, are Latter-day Saints more or less honest than other people?
One could ask the white collar crimes section of the Utah Justice Department; but that would be a distraction.
Are Latter-day Saints more or less DECEIVED than other people?
“But tell me, do you think that today’s Latter-day Saints deserve the reputation of being dishonest?”
Dishonest, when it serves their purposes.
“Or to put it another way, are Latter-day Saints more or less honest than other people? “
I can tell you that most financial frauds have a Utah address.
If you are asking if LDS are less honest than your average non-Christian, I’d say yes. They repeat lies that will land their hearers in hell, if they believe them. They have a complete heretical fantasy world of man-made works and a tale of becoming gods.
The average non-Christian is watching Sex in the City and drinking beer and enjoying life with none of the deception of mormonism.
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