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    "text": "Church leaders don’t know where these practices began.\n\nI mean, I agree with his point that missionaries shouldn't force the issue before the person has an idea of what they would be agreeing to, but this didn't just spontaneously happen all over the world.\n\nwww.thechurchnews.com/2019/6/26/23...",
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