Thus, even if a prophet taught racist and bizarre doctrines back in the 1800s, the fact that he didn’t have a full quorum behind them, prevented these doctrines from becoming church doctrines. Thus the church was not led astray. That’s the way the church has always worked. It sometimes takes us a few generations to figure something out, and God isn’t done with us yet.

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A few points of Cultural Mormonism:

1. An unreasonable loyalty with a particular political party. Many members refuse to look at the ideas of anyone outside of their party. They often develop an assumption that anyone voting outside the “Mormon-norm,” is somehow less faithful.

2. A nearly cult-like obsession with any comment uttered by a general authority or eead in the Ensign. Nowhere but in Utah will you see someone with a thousand pounds of wheat yet he will not give five dollars to a homeless man at Wal-Mart.

3.The clannishness of many Utahns is the reason missionary work is harder here than almost anywhere else. Many Utah Mormons are only “Their brother’s keeper,” if he is a viable prospect for baptism.

4.It seems the most extreme, pure capitalists are also in Utah. While capitalism can be a good thing, far too many saints are polytheistic; money is often a secondary god. Often it is different than in the rest of the world, in that Mormons tend to be seeking riches for the purpose of saving. In my mind it is a hollow excuse for greed, whether that money is flaunted or hoarded, it is the same sin. All saints should read “The Enoch Letters,” by Elder Maxwell. There are many more things to look at, nevertheless, I think it is clear.

All that said, I love the saints and have more friends here than anywhere I have lived. However, as I said, I am LDS. What if I was Mexican Catholic or African, or heaven forbid a Democrat! I wonder…

Tah