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\u00a0 \u00a0 From time to time, it\u2019s claimed that nineteenth-century Mormon leaders advocated, or even practiced, the murder (\u201cblood atonement\u201d) of apostates, adulterers, and other such folks. \u00a0 Is there any truth to this accusation? \u00a0 The estimable blog of Robert Boylan\u00a0calls attention to two good treatments of the subject: \u00a0 \u201cResponse to claims made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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