Ok I will ask this question because last summer when I

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Why the watering down?

Because the Lord doesn't give us more than we can handle and/or are worthy to receive. Maybe it's an indictment of the level of spirituality in the Church.

I doubt it's "an indictment of the level of spitituality in the Church." The brethren have gone to great lengths in recent years to make the church appear more mainstream. To the degree that they've occasionally hired outside image consulting firms to help them. I think this "watering down" is more the result of a concerted effort by the first presidency to make the church more palatable to a wider range of prospective converts.