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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ
Take a look at the Church manuals from 70 years ago. They are vastly more accurate, thoughtful, and interesting than the "evolved" bilge that is served up today. Deep, broad debate continues to go on, it just happens at the risk of fundamentalists trying to exclude people from callings, or of people being otherwise marginalized.
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Just to reinforce your point, on my mission (98-2000) the old BoM student manual was a hot commodity. It wasn't great, but what was then the new standard-issue manual was absolute garbage. I got my hands on an older one from a member and was widely envied because of it. I hadn't considered the extent to which this type of thing was a trend, but it makes sense that the older the book, the less white-washed it is. The current church history student manual is an absolute joke.