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Have the Sept Six & other intellectuals nfluenced LDS Church leaders with their arguments? Dr Sara Patterson weighs in on that question. If you're not on our newsletter, sign up for free and I'll send you a secret link to listen to the conclusion at https://gospeltangents.com/newsletter https://youtu.be/9NKgZfLUtgI transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission 0:00 Have Intellectuals Moved Church Leaders? Dr. Sarah Patterson discusses how her book on September 6 has influenced Mormon church leadership. 1:03 Sensitive Topics Openness to discussions of polygamy, magic, and seer stones has increased among church leaders, with some ideas becoming more mainstream. Church leaders emphasize boundaries on historical topics, while discussing Heavenly Mother and women in priesthood. 5:12 Purity culture and its relation to excommunications in the LDS Church Sara challenges the firm brackets around the Septe