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Originally Posted by Tex
On the contrary, I find that to be very wise. Those two things are completely irrelevant to understanding the doctrines of salvation and gaining a testimony of Christ: the fundamental charge of a missionary.
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Well that kind of hand-waving doesn't work for everyone. So the missionaries end up learning folklore from other missionaries (mark of Cain, JS didn't practice polygamy, etc.) and they pass that on to the investigators. With a minor amount of research some investigators then provide the missionaries evidence that said folklore is wrong. Missionaries then think that they have been misled by their own church. It becomes an awkward and tortuous process when it certainly doesn't have to be. It's hard to argue that it is a faith-promoting process.
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Originally Posted by Tex
Hinckley gave a wonderful answer on this topic to Mike Wallace over a decade ago: "That's behind us."
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One of two parts of that interview where he was obfuscating at best, dishonest at worst. Ironic that you would find that a wonderful answer.