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Regarding the claim that LDS church discipline is mandatory for apostacy, including "or those who formally join another church", this is technically incorrect.
Merely belonging to another church/religion does NOT constitute grounds for mandatory disciplinary action. I base this upon the CHBI and my late father who was a high priest and general authority and specifically spoke about this topic.
--GN-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.52.48 ( talk) 22:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
The sources are not religious texts, but rather all from one policy publication of an organization. Just because this organization happens to be a church doesn't make them any less legitimate. These sources appropriately provide reference for material in the article. -- Malecasta ( talk) 11:23, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
The church has done a major update to its handbook [1]. This is ongoing through 2020. This should prompt a rewrite of this article. Major changes include:
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Regarding the claim that LDS church discipline is mandatory for apostacy, including "or those who formally join another church", this is technically incorrect.
Merely belonging to another church/religion does NOT constitute grounds for mandatory disciplinary action. I base this upon the CHBI and my late father who was a high priest and general authority and specifically spoke about this topic.
--GN-- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.114.52.48 ( talk) 22:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
The sources are not religious texts, but rather all from one policy publication of an organization. Just because this organization happens to be a church doesn't make them any less legitimate. These sources appropriately provide reference for material in the article. -- Malecasta ( talk) 11:23, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
The church has done a major update to its handbook [1]. This is ongoing through 2020. This should prompt a rewrite of this article. Major changes include: