Was the extermination order official doctrine?

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_DarkHelmet
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Was the extermination order official doctrine?

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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 I asked them why he did it, and they said they don't know, but it was revoked in 1976, so all is good now.
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_Stormy Waters

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It's not fair to judge Boggs because we don't know why he ordered it. It's not our place to speculate.
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For all we know he was following the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
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It was not bigotry because it was not based on being Mormon. It was based on where you were from.
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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.
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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.
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I nominate this for THREAD OF THE WEEK.
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: "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."
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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.
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