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I think I have said before that I do have spiritual witnesses but that what I experience physically is not distinguishable from how I feel when the national anthem is played. I hope those feelings are from God. I choose to believe they are. See my signature line.
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I agree. I too wish people would inoculate themselves with stronger testimonies.
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I agree here. I dispute the claim that the LDS Church "suppresses information." Perhaps some have such a binary world that if the LDS Church isn't having open free days with its archives and publishing pamphlets called "1001 Things You Don't Know about Joseph Smith" they equate that to suppressing information. There is little doubt that the Church would prefer that information not be well promulagated, but I don't buy into the entire lies and deceits. I think most of the folks who write the sunday manuals genuinely believe what they write. I don't believe there are excerpts about polyandry and then the oversight commitee cuts them out and invites the authors into a room with bright spotlights and one chair.
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I don't think the Church has any responsibility to share it's archives with anyone who wants in. I personally would prefer they open the archives, but I have never believed how the Chruch treats its archives instantly equates to suppressing information. As the SP said, just about all the information critics of the Church use can be found in books published by Deseret Books.
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I agree, but it gives the impression of suppression, which might be worse.
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Come on, don't give me the tripe about Deseret Books. If you really believe that, you have your head in the sand. Of the top 20 "controversial" books about Mormon history that have salience and a strong measure of respect (among non-mullahs), how many were published by Deseret Book? |
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