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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I see one difference. At least with the Catholic Church (of which I am not a member, just for full disclosure), no one tries to credibly argue that the blind eye turned to the terrible things priests did was anything but repugnant or was required by divine revelation. With the Mormons, on the other hand, polygamy and decades of terrible treatment of blacks, which were predicated on revelations binding on the faithful, were simply wiped away by new revelations. No repentence, nothing other than "new rules."
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This is largely semantic at this point, but I see where you're coming from - I'm not sure I agree 100%, but I certainly don't disagree.