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Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:06 pm
by _DarkHelmet
Mormons like to point out the extermination order as a way to discredit Governor Boggs, but I talked to some of his descendants, and they say the extermination order was just his opinion. It wasn't official doctrine. I asked them why he did it, and they said they don't know, but it was revoked in 1976, so all is good now.
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:11 pm
by _Stormy Waters
It's not fair to judge Boggs because we don't know why he ordered it. It's not our place to speculate.
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:16 pm
by _just me
For all we know he was following the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:36 pm
by _Fence Sitter
It was not bigotry because it was not based on being Mormon. It was based on where you were from.
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 12:47 am
by _Nightlion
Stormy Waters wrote:It's not fair to judge Boggs because we don't know why he ordered it. It's not our place to speculate.
Does that count for Brigham and the Mountain Meadow Massacre? I thought not......carry on.
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:48 am
by _DarkHelmet
Fence Sitter wrote:It was not bigotry because it was not based on being Mormon. It was based on where you were from.
This is an excellent point. It was not religious persecution because Boggs was not opposed to their official doctrine. He was opposed to their non-doctrinal opinions and cultural Mormonism. Therefore, the extermination order was cultural persecution not religious, so it's OK.
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:56 am
by _Corpsegrinder
I nominate this for THREAD OF THE WEEK.
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:11 pm
by _TAK
: "I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it. I haven't heard it discussed for a long time in public discourse. I don't know. I don't know all the circumstances under which that statement was made. I understand the philosophical background behind it. But I don't know a lot about it and I don't know that others know a lot about it."
Re: Was the extermination order official doctrine?
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:14 pm
by _Drifting
DarkHelmet wrote:Fence Sitter wrote:It was not bigotry because it was not based on being Mormon. It was based on where you were from.
This is an excellent point. It was not religious persecution because Boggs was not opposed to their official doctrine. He was opposed to their non-doctrinal opinions and cultural Mormonism. Therefore, the extermination order was cultural persecution not religious, so it's OK.
It seems Mormons in the 1800's were persecuted for things that the Church has since officially recounted.