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Q: What is your view of the received version of church history, Sterling?A: I've felt for a long time that the church has made a very serious error in tying itself to all kinds of historical claims instead of focusing its claims on the quality of life it can engender, the happiness it can bring to people, and the spiritual and moral strength it can build in its members. It has always insisted that if X, Y, and Z historical events did not occur, then the church is not true. That's a lot of nonsense. No church looks very good under a close inspection of its own history. The Catholics don't, the Protestants don't, and the Mormons don't. There's no need to pretend that our history is free of unsavory episodes--Joseph Smith's involvement in magic and all that damned nonsense--to say nothing of polygamy. There's no point in trying to cover them up. It makes more sense to focus the case for the church on something other than its historical origins. But it's not an easy thing to do. We are so steeped in historical consciousness--often historical error.
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So many first visions of Joseph Smith
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You were the chosen, true church. You had real authority, not corporate structure mingled with scripture. Be honest in all your dealings, Not create false narratives. You're excommunicated! You were my tribe! I loved you! - Obi-Wan Kenobi
Chosen One meme relating the betrayal of the Mormon church to Anakin turning to the dark side.
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Illusion of truth effect: That people are more likely to identify as true statements those they have previously heard, even if they cannot consciously remember having heard them, regardless of the actual validity of the statement. In other words, a person is more likely to believe a familiar statement than an unfamiliar one.
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We gain a testimony by bearing it.
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"I plead with you in the name of the Lord, and I pray that every man, woman and child who has means shall pay one tenth of their income as a tithing" Lorenzo Snow