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Originally Posted by Solon
Exactly.
The bigger emphasis on the temple over the past 60 years, and the development of the infallible "stick to the brethren" leadership are components of this trend. It's quite a departure from the LDS church's 19th century roots.
Go read Mauss' book and you'll sound smarter when you throw out these little provocations.
http://books.google.com/books?id=wTB...mbnail#PPP1,M1 |
Little provocations? Spare me your condescending bullshit.
What distinguishes us as a people is not white shirts and other minutiae like that. What PRIMARILY distinguishes us as a people now are the same things that distinguished us as a people 175 years ago.
Evangelicals don't gear up against us because we have indistinguishable doctrines and practices.