On Aug 4, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Michael Pollak wrote:
> I think Rocky Anderson is a great guy based on what I've read (and I'm
> glad to hear he's a great guy in person) and I'm perfectly willing to
> agree the Mormon church is full of weirdness. But AFAIU, this last
> bit is
> a cheap shot that is technically true but substantially false. It's
> technically true insofar as the Mormon church has never officially
> repudiated any doctrine (including plural marriage). What they do
> instead
> is to have the president of the Church issue a personal opinion,
> play it
> up, and eventually elevate this mere opinion over doctrines in
> their holy
> books.
I asked him about this - he said the race doctrine is part of the doctrine that people who grow up in the church absorb. It's too ugly to be public about, but it's the circulating common sense of Mormons.
Doug