# How has Mormonism survived modern scrutiny?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 15, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-mormonism-survived-modern-scrutiny/546841 "2010-07-15T22:23:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-mormonism-survived-modern-scrutiny/546841/321 "2013-02-16T05:22:34Z")

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> [@Simple\_Linctus](#):
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> So, how are things almost two years on? Particularly, emarkp - are you still a mormon?

Yep.

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> Have you checked out these facts properly yet?

Long time ago.

I have, however, largely left SDMB behind as a unithink wasteland. Ironic, really.

(The zombie threads got kind of annoying too.)

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-mormonism-survived-modern-scrutiny/546841/322 "2013-02-16T15:27:09Z")

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> [@emarkp](#):
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> I have, however, largely left SDMB behind as a unithink wasteland. Ironic, really.
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> (The zombie threads got kind of annoying too.)

I actually sympathize, tho I visit & post almost daily. There are a LOT of religious & political threads I might otherwise take some interest in, but by the time I see them, their path has been established into anything but serious exchanges of ideas.

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