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Old 11-07-2007, 10:24 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by non sequitur View Post
Suppose, hypothetically, that Warren Jeffs -- another fringe, religious zealot and self-proclaimed prophet, who became a fugitive and was ultimately incarcerated -- was killed in his jail cell tomorrow. By the definitions I'm hearing, it seems he would no less a martyr than Joseph Smith.
The LDS in Illinois were no fringe group, but the largest or second largest city and starting to create significant political momentum. So your analogy fails.

Jeffs is a person without political power or ability. The same cannot be said of JS.
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