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- The interesting idea is introduced that there may be a "pride cycle" operating within the organization of the church. It may be worth investigating whether the Church is analogous enough to a government to support its own "Secular Cycle" from Structural Demographic Theory, or some other similar cultural cycle. It seems plausible.
- It is also worth noting that despite her supposed study of early Mormon polygamy, her comments manifest great ignorance of fundamental principles of marriage, or at least, a surprising failure to apply those principles. This problem, however, seems to be very common. People seem very interested in studying polygamy to learn about it, but seem to skip over a real study of how the Lord looks at marriage, and hence, miss the foundational principles that are needed to make sense of the history.
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Nephi Kings
- Beginning: 2 Nephi 5 (588–559 B.C.)
- Nephites and Lamanites establish separate competing monarchies. Nephite kings all named Nephi when they become king. Evidence suggests that the Lamanite kings all take the name of Laman as a sign of their kingship.
- Nephite Ending: Omni (323–130 B.C.)
- Lamanite Ending:
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