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Old 01-31-2008, 07:34 PM   #31
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SeattleUte has a little shameless behaviour in the past
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Originally Posted by MikeWaters View Post
Dare I say, the reason they don't explain it, because they believe the average member will lose respect for general authorities as a result.

And nothing could be more dangerous, they believe.

A chink in their armor is much worse than millions dwindling in unbelief. That is the calculus. And it pisses me off.
They're probably right. You're exhibit A. You've lost respect without them explaining it, but unlike most LDS you're not comotose concerning issues such as these. They want to keep everyone nicely anesthetized. See the CB zombies. They don't want a bunch of MikeWaters'.
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