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

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The Prophet's Power Grab

I'm almost positive that he gave it like months before the profit died. He wants people to submit to an authority figure. And then when he's on the main stage general conference, he's able to give this address of saying like, and then me being the prophet,. Also I'm allowed to speak on any policies and civic matters. The doctrine is established by me. And when I talk, you listen... everything about those fundamentals is just such an authoritarian power grab. But that is just yeah, that is interesting from like every different angle. It was like this preamble to his his own power grab.

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