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The REAL REASON So Many Mormons Become Executives And Political Leaders

Almost every 19-year-old in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) goes through what one might call executive training camp.

It's an extremely rigorous two-year program: 10-hour days, no TV, no dating, constant rejection. At the same time many American teenagers are relishing their first taste of freedom as college freshmen, these Mormons are entering into the most disciplined period of their lives.

About 55,000 Mormons are dispersed around the world at any given moment, Book of Mormon in hand. ...

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7/28/11 2:32 PM

Jim Lincoln

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One problem teabag, even though they say, We're Christians just like you! they aren't. Better if they were Free Masons, they do that too, and they aren't quite as objectionable.

7/28/11 12:29 AM

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Frank wrote:
and the fact that they stick together as most cults do. One who becomes successful promotes another who then also becomes successful and then they generally contribute economically to their own.

Good for them

7/27/11 3:13 PM

Frank

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Yeah, that and the fact that they stick together as most cults do. One who becomes successful promotes another who then also becomes successful and then they generally contribute economically to their own. I wouldn't put too much stock in their work ethic or their training, etc, although it sounded nice.

7/26/11 2:01 PM

Jim Lincoln

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Ah, you note there are sermons about Mormonism that SA has suggested? I would also add some reading material, A Mormon in the White House? 10 Things Every American Should Know About Mitt Romney.

Some of you might want to go over these Examining the "17 Points of the True Church" when talking to these young Mormon missionaries?

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