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Plus I don’t think spreading a crazy sect in places that had mostly gotten rid of religion was really to be put on the credit of the person.
by nraynaud 7y ago
Plus I don’t think spreading a crazy sect in places that had mostly gotten rid of religion was really to be put on the credit of the person.
- rayiner 7y agoReligion was an important force in defeating communism: https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1244&context=srhonors_theses https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12.... The beachheads established by people like Monson are a huge credit to them.
- TomMckenny 7y agoI think his followers maybe (accidentally?) dissembling: He only became president of the Quorum six years _after_ the iron curtain fell. And Mormons account for well less than 0.1% of Eastern Europeans. So to say he had something to do with it is another reason to be suspicious of those saying wanting to change his obituary.