Zulu, who formerly posted here and may yet post again, remarked in the past that in his travels to the middle east that he found Muslims and Mormons to have much in common and very similar values.
He no longer publicly shares such sentiments, either because he has changed his mind, or because the comparison is not flattering.
However the efforts of LDS church leaders over many decades to make Mormons into hyper-Americans seems to have worked. I think most Mormons in America would abandon Mormonism before abandoning America. And this is eventually to the undoing of a ultraconservative leanings that go strongly against the American mainstream. Accommodation is the path that we will see. Moderation will eventually win, after some kicking and screaming.
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