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1791: The Teachings of Prophet Ezra Taft Benson w/ John Larsen

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The Moral Machiavellianism of Mormonism

Benson: It's what I call moral Machiavellianism with God's will. Jacob and Isaac is used that you should do God's will no matter what it is. Joseph Smith taught this as did Brigham Young, this moral relativism. And he said that which is wrong in some circumstances can be right in others. In the service of the greater good, smaller morals don't matter.

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