Pride Cycle

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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.

Notes

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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