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Old 07-05-2009, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by SortOfMormon View Post
Why was it practiced in the 1800's?
There are probably as many reasons as there were people who practiced it, but the Gospel answer is that God commanded for a time it to "raise up rightous seed unto Himself" - which is a whole discussion in itself.
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