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Date: December 03, 2016 04:58PM
midwestanon Wrote:
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> Another thing I find funny is how people consider
> the word of wisdom so revolutionary and prophetic,
> even though Joseph Smith essentially ripped off
> all the ideas from common temperance movement
> ideals of the time, especially ones that were
> popular and widespread in the Northeast. Am I
> right about this?
You most certainly are! Here's a little piece I wrote about it:
http://www.mormonism101.com/2015/02/the-word-of-wisdom.html