Why Polygamists are a Threat to LDS Church (Part 6 of 8)
The LDS Church still has an Exclusion Policy when dealing with converts from polygamist groups. Why does the LDS Church seem so threatened by polygamists?
The LDS Church still has an Exclusion Policy when dealing with converts from polygamist groups. Why does the LDS Church seem so threatened by polygamists?
In this episode, Steve Shields and I discuss some of the larger and smaller Mormon groups: fundamentalists and Cutlerites. Many of these fundamentalists practice polygamy.
[paypal-donation] Fundamentalist Mormons are known for promoting an alternative marriage practice in polygamy. Of course there are gay marriage advocates who support that as well.
[paypal-donation] So far we’ve talked about the 1890 Manifesto, as well as the 1904 Manifesto. A third manifesto was issued in 1933, and that actually
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