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> There are, in fact, no Quakers living on the moon (Brigham Young), which we did arrive to in 1969 (Joseph Fielding Smith).

I've been trying to parse this, but I can't figure out what it means.

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Two statements made by early "prophets" of the religion, statements that most members would like to forget. Actually it was Joseph Smith (the religion's founder) that said the moon is populated by people resembling Quakers. Joseph Fielding Smith, the church's "prophet" in the mid-1900's, said we would never make it to the moon.

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