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Owen Phillips
is on page 338 of 576
He seems almost uniquely uninterested in interrogating the reasons behind these declines and the dramatic fluctuations in success. Obviously there’s a host of issues, but the most obvious to me is left almost entirely unaddressed: the forefronting of women and equality. The comparison to the Mormons is apt, I would argue the Shakers have a less outrageous mythology, and yet the Mormons persist much farther
— Jan 26, 2026 03:30PM
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Owen Phillips
is on page 355 of 576
Until I read the last few pages I was ready to give a sort of negative read on the structure of the book so far but now I’m actually more sympathetic to the unique challenge of writing this work. I will still say, the chronological organization works against the book. You’re the one writing it, you decide how to sort out your points. Abandoning the not so useful timeline would help the work not be so lopsided
— Jan 26, 2026 03:58PM
Owen Phillips
is on page 353 of 576
By far the most compelling section of the book
— Jan 26, 2026 03:55PM
Owen Phillips
is on page 338 of 576
He continues to hammer home this idea that people were adversarial to them because they were so antagonistic to the cultures of daily life, which he has also failed to demonstrate or refute
— Jan 26, 2026 03:32PM
Owen Phillips
is on page 155 of 576
Oh? What’s that you say? The people whose core belief was refraining from sex had a pattern of unusually strong homosexual relationships? Well I’m sure there’s nothing to be gleaned from that. It’s nice to have good friends. Anywho,
— Jan 22, 2026 01:54PM
