gjm comments on How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 14 September 2011 12:11:07PM 3 points [-]

I think the point is that not getting into legal trouble is an important tenet of Mormonism (since obeying the law was one of those 13 "Articles of Faith"), so that a group that's got into a lot of legal trouble is unlikely to be The One True LDS Church.

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 14 September 2011 07:03:52PM 1 point [-]

Cheers. I understand what he means now, but it still seems like a particularly peculiar belief.