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Helen Mar Kimball

Truth and the Utility Thereof

August 8, 2017May 12, 2014

Elder Boyd K. Packer (b. 1924). Elder Boyd K. Packer gave an address (“The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect”) at a CES symposium in 1981 where he said, “Some things that are true are not very useful.” This soundbite has been gleefully reproduced by anti-Mormons as evidence that Elder Packer was promoting … Read more

Tags Helen Mar Kimball, Immanuel Kant, Joseph Smith, Mormon history, polygamy

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