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Mormons Make Great FBI Recruits

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80 points churchill | 1 comments | 01 May 23 13:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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churchill ◴[01 May 23 13:37 UTC] No.35772608[source]▶
TLDR: 1. Strong foreign language skills from overseas missions. 2. It's easier getting them security clearances since they don't use drugs or alcohol.
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ttpphd ◴[01 May 23 14:37 UTC] No.35773366[source]▶
3. Mormons are overwhelmingly white and come from a cultural background of conservative patriarchal Christian whiteness which comports with the historical and present culture of the FBI.
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dauertewigkeit ◴[01 May 23 14:47 UTC] No.35773501[source]▶
You're using Christian way too much to describe Mormons. I am pretty sure most Christians aren't going to see Mormonism as a plus.
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1. haradion ◴[01 May 23 15:24 UTC] No.35774112[source]▶
By mainstream Christian standards, the doctrine is, quite frankly, "heretical", but members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the primary branch of "Mormonism") very much consider themselves Christian, have values that align strongly with many other Christian denominations, place Christ at the center of their doctrine, etc. In my opinion, culturally, we're a lot more Christian than the typical perception would suggest.

That being said, we've got our own offshoot groups that we don't consider "really Mormon", so I get where people are coming from on that question.