Imagine if Mormons took seriously the obligations to root out secret combinations, rather than not drinking wine, beer or smoking.

—a friend

 

“Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this secret combination which shall be among you... For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people.” (Ether 8)