"In 1938 Richard R. Lyman, then president of the European missions [and also a member of the Quourm of the Twelve Apostles], reported in general conference that the missionaries lived by the twelfth article of faith ['We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law'], adding: 'They refrain from discussing government or governmental policies and they are all instructed positively not to participate in the politics of the countries where they labor. They are sent forth to give purpose to living, to improve the condition of the present and to inspire in the hearts of the people hope for the future.'"
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*Interesting historical foonote regarding obedient Mormon foot soldier/Apostle/European mission president Richard R. Lyman--

Lyman essentially told his LDS General Conference audience to obediently follow the Nazis, per Mormon Church doctrine

(see Richard R. Lyman, "Conference Report," October 1938, p. 111, as cited by Jessie L. Embry, "Deliverer or Oppressor: Missionaries’ Views of Hitler during the 1930s," no. 3, fn 77, in "Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: Europe," ed. Donald Q. Cannon and Brent L. Top [Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2003], pp. 47–63, at: http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/regional-studies-latter-day-saint-church-history-europe/3-deliverer-or-oppressor-missionari)


Yet Lyman himself was eventually excommunicated for not following Mormon Church rules:

"In 1943, the First Presidency discovered that Lyman was cohabitating with a woman other than his legal wife. As it turned out, in 1925 Lyman had begun a relationship which he defined as a|polygamous marriage. Unable to trust anyone else to officiate, Elder Lyman and the woman exchanged vows secretly.

"Despite the fact that both Lyman and the woman were in their seventies, Lyman was excommunicated on November 12, 1943 at age 73. The Quorum of the Twelve provided the newspapers with a one-sentence announcement, stating that the ground for excommunication was violation of the Christian law of chastity, even though many believe the real reason was his practice of post-Manifesto polygamy.

"For years after his excommunication, some apostles worried that Apostle Lyman might join the Mormon [polygamous] fundamentalist movement.

"Later, he returned to the [Mormon] church through rebaptism on October 27, 1954."

("Biography of Richard Lyman - LDS Leader," in "Short Biographies," at: http://www.short-biographies.com/biographies/RichardLyman.html)

Seig Heil me to Kolob!

The Nazis would have been perfect for old school Mormons Steve. The SS used to maintain special houses were beautiful, blond haired, blue eyed vixens would meet up with young SS storm troopers, and prominent Nazi leaders, in order to breed superior stock. Many of the women were already married, to "weaker" Aryans, who would have acted as fathers to other men's children, else they lived in special communal group homes, where they raised the offspring together.



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