> The Mormons try harder to keep on the straight and narrow because their religion is less authentic What you're saying goes against the premise of the church—

> The Mormons try harder to keep on the straight and narrow because their religion is less authentic What you're saying goes against the premise of the church—it being the ancient religion that was lost, and then restored, hence ".. in latter days". In fact, this pattern is common throughout scripture (Bible, Book of Mormon, etc.) where the people fall into what's called apostasy, things are lost, and then it's returned again. Someone else has already commented on your line about the absurdity, otherwise I would've said something similar.