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Skriven 2009-03-22 22:02:37 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
   Kommentar till text 3642 av Ross Sauer (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Polygamy
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Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RS> "Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer" <1:123/789.0> wrote in
 RS> news:7725$HOLYSMOKE@JamNNTPd:

 EH>>>> What is your point?

 RS>>> Does the official church condemn this practice?

 EH>> Yes, the do. President Hinkley while he was alive and now President
 EH>> Monson condemn the practice. You only need go to www.lds.org and look
 EH>> through the newsroom to find this out.

 RS>>> And what do they do to these polygamists?

 EH>> Since none of the polygamists are members of The Church of Jesus
 EH>> Christ of Latter Day Saints, they can't do anything to them.

 RS> So if these fundamentalists call themselves LDS or Mormons, the official
 RS> church calls them false?

They can call themselves whatever they want, but they are not LDS nor are do
they have any affiliation to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The LDS Church doesn't call anyone false, but will continue to point out that
the "Fundamentalist LDS" have no ties with the LDS Church.

 RS>>> And for that matter, who decides what is the official church?

 EH>> The President and the Quorum of the Twelve decide like they have since
 EH>> the beginning of the Church.

 RS>>> And it's doctrines?

 EH>> See above.

 RS> Seems to be a self-appointed position to me.

That's because you don't know what you are talking about. No one is
"self-appointed" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Ed

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