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Episode 40: When the Saints Fled America (Gerrit Dirkmaat)

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The Problems Don't End There, Right?

How did we get to this point in the history of the church? We walked away from democracy in 18 forty five and walking away from the united states. The latter day saints are not going to stop seeing the united states government as their enemy when utah becomes a territory. When you're passing laws saying mormons can't serve on juries when 90 % of the population are m Mormons, that's a pretty big problem. And i think the other part of it, obviously, ther there are greater experts on this than me really. There's greater experts on everything than me. But one of the things that really changes and transforms for latter day saints is the rise of international communism.

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