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Can Venters publicly call out Tull\\u2019s crimes without a serious backlash? Zane Grey, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.\\xa0

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It looks like it\\u2019s time to talk about the elephant in the room: The Mormonism in this story.\\xa0

First of all, I\\u2019ve got to say that Mormon people are some of the best people I\\u2019ve known. My parents, friends, colleagues, neighbors - I have a Mormon background. Most of the people I know locally are Mormon. And they\\u2019re wonderful \\u2013 I love them dearly! Mormons, or members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints are great. They\\u2019re my folks. The fact that I\\u2019m producing this book now isn\\u2019t any reflection on them.\\xa0

The thing that\\u2019s so nefarious about this book is its villain. It\\u2019s not a person \\u2013 it\\u2019s systemic religious extortion used to build wealthy empires, while neglecting the poor and needy. That\\u2019s what it\\u2019s all about \\u2013 when the institutions we trust to take care of us that actually take way more than they give. Now, is this a uniquely Mormon/LDS problem? No! But it happened then, and it\\u2019s happening now. Don\\u2019t believe me? Check out 60 Minutes on CBS last week. This religious empire building they talk of in the book is still happening today.\\xa0

And so, like other topics that we\\u2019ve discussed over the years - racism, classism, poverty, - things that these classic authors wrote about over 100 years ago that were a problem then and are still a problem now, I\\u2019m afraid religious-oriented extortion is among them. I wish it wasn\\u2019t but here we are.\\xa0

Let\\u2019s see if we can do better.

And now, Riders of the Purple Sage, part 7 of 12, by Zane Grey

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