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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Aren't you failing to discriminate between one corrupt offshoot unrecognized (and I think excommunicated) by the mainstream church and the mainstream LDS Church itself?
No doubt, the Mormon church is influential, but I'm not exactly sure what you expected them to do about the Jeffords.
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Do you guys mean Warren Jeffs?
This is a valid point. The group to which Jeffs was supposedly the "prophet", is the Fundamentalist Church of LDS...who were excommunicated by the "real" Mormon church, and it mainly had to do with the plural marriage aspect - which was generally banned by the "real" Mormons in 1890. Since 1904 (officially) those entering in to polygamous marriages are excommunicated. Large polygamist groups still exist, even in the SLC area, however they are not as numerous as people think. There are other divergences in belief, however the polygamy aspect is the largest of them.
Anyhow, enough of a sidebar...back to the topic.
Shinerbock, and EE-BO you both had very well written points. I'd say more about the original posting, you both have said what I thought to begin with anyhow.