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Who's Christian? LL&L Newsletter-Aug 07
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Benjamin Devey
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Aug 07, 2007 10:49 PDT
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Learning Love and Life
Monthly Relationships Newsletter
No. 161, August 2007
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Are Mormons Christians?
Copyright (c) 2007 by Benjamin Devey
Faithful Christians haven’t always been among a majority. In the early
days after Jesus’ resurrection and assention, persecutors harassed
believers from every side. A council of religious zealots stoned Stephen
for the “blasphemy” of testifying to Christ’s divinity and bodily
resurrection. Paul was an avid enemy against the saints who consented to
Stephen’s death, holding the clothes of the murderers. He breathed
threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. He was blind in
his rage against the Christians, unable to see that by persecuting
Christians for their devout faith, he was an enemy to the God he
pretended to serve. Paul was such a persecutor of the early saints that
the apostles doubted his conversion and feared to meet with him,
probably thinking it was a new ploy to destroy the Church.
We’re seeing similar piety today, where people of pretended religiosity
attack others for their faith. Like Saul of Tarsus, whose Roman name was
Paul, the persecutors of today are blind to their hypocrisy, thinking
that attacking others is service to God.
A part of the irony of the times is that there are sworn enemies now,
who want America destroyed along with Israel. Fascist Islam militants
would love to see America’s annihilation, and believe it would please
Allah to kill every Christian believer within their power. Amazingly,
these zealots are not the target of the combined dread of modern
“Christian” zealots. Ironically, there is an effort to ignore those
sworn threats against faith, pretending Al Queda is benevolent aid
organization we’ve stirred up to anger with an unprovoked war in Iran.
If the sworn enemies to Christianity aren’t the target of combined hate,
who could it be?
Well, of course, it’s the Mormons.
Al Sharpton let slip, perhaps as a spokesman for the thoughts on the
minds of religious bigots everywhere, implying that Mormons are Godless.
He got the ball rolling, and now it’s picking up the debris of rancor
that’s been underlying the prejudice of hate mongers for centuries. The
campaign is organized to try to make you believe that Mormons aren’t
Christian. At the very root, the claim is a misnomer. Even stated more
accurately, the claim on the face would be patently absurd: “Members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aren’t Christian.”
Much is being made out of the false statement, while those who raise the
question seem to have unchallenged authority to repeat the falsehood
without even slight objection.
It makes assumptions both of the accused and the accuser: 1) ALL or most
members of a Christian denomination aren’t professed or practicing
Christians; 2) The questioner, by implication is, of course, Christian,
despite the unchristian practice of unrighteous judgment. Rational minds
should question both assumptions
Recent President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
David O. McKay, said, “What does it mean to keep the faith? It means,
first, that we accept Jesus Christ, not merely as a great teacher, a
powerful leader, but as the Savior, the Redeemer of the world. Now there
is much associated with that, for I know that many students are reading
comments from reputably great educators who say that in order to be a
Christian it is not necessary to accept Christ as the literal Son of
God, it is not necessary to believe in the miraculous conception, it is
not necessary to believe in the literal resurrection from the grave. But
he who keeps the faith will accept Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the
Redeemer of the world. I would have all men keep that faith. I think it
is fundamental to man's happiness, fundamental to his peace of mind. I
think it is the cardinal principle of the Church of Jesus Christ.”
In a time when a majority of “Christians” doubt the literal resurrection
of Jesus, it’s difficult to tell where the foundation of Christian Faith
is built. Yet Mormons believe in the actual physical resurrection of
Jesus and have faith that He enabled the resurrection of all men. Ask a
Mormon, and there is little doubt that through the resurrection of
Christ, all mankind will be resurrected and return to God to meet their
maker and be judged for their deeds.
Besides presuming what the accuser can’t possibly know, modern Pharisees
run in opposition to Peter’s teachings on who God decides to accept into
His faith: “Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
But in every nation he that feareth Him and worketh righteousness, is
accepted of Him.” (Acts 10:34-35.)
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are no
strangers to persecution. Their faith urges that they meet criticism
with patience, opposition with love. About persecution, Brigham Young,
second President of the Church, said, “One community would not be
permitted to array itself in opposition to another to coerce them to
their standard; one denomination would not be suffered to persecute
another because they differed in religious belief and mode of worship.
Every one would be fully protected in the enjoyment of all religious and
social rights, and no state, no government, no community, no person
would have the privilege of infringing on the rights of another; one
Christian community would not rise up and persecute another.” Brigham
also said, “We should not be prejudiced against you in the least; even
if you are against us and declare falsehoods about us we should not
retaliate. But how prone we are to rebuke if we are rebuked, or if we
receive a sharp word to return one. The Latter-day Saints have to
overcome this; and the world may cry out and say all manner of evil
against us, but, my brethren and sisters, let us so live that it will be
said falsely.”
In Jul 1837 “Times and Seasons,” Warren Cowdery cited a sympathetic
author:
"Permit me to give you a mere glance at my opinions, or rather views of
that base spirit of persecution now stalking abroad, sapping the vitals
of our government; and which will shake it to its very foundation before
the present generation shall have passed from the stage of action. This
anti-Christian spirit is now leveling all its batteries of evil speaking
and defamation, against the society of Latter-day Saints, vulgarly
called ‘Mormons,’ exhibiting the straining of the strings of every
scheme to exterminate the society, and if possible, drive its members
from the land, without leaving them an abiding place anywhere. To
establish this fact the public eye need only be cited to the awful and
alarming treatment they have received in Missouri. There, to prepare the
illiterate fanatics and superstitious dolts, for scenes of rapine and
blood, we see publications, in relation to their emigration, of the most
barefaced and malignant falsehoods ever set before any
people--falsehoods, the writers evidently knew to be such! If we
tolerate or squint at this evil, base and envious spirit, where will it
stop or who will be safe? Our boasted liberties and blood-bought
inheritance will be at an end, and no society or person will be safe.
"I have read nearly all the publications of this society, as well as
those against them, and have formed, I think, an impartial opinion: I
have cultivated a limited personal acquaintance with many of their
leading men, and I do assure you, that I have formed a high estimate of
them, as Christians and as men. They possess all those shining virtues
and ennobling traits of philanthropy and generous bearing that endears
man to his fellow, and smooth our passage through this unfriendly world.
I have not been altogether convinced of the truth of their religious
faith, but am certain that their charity and liberality far exceed that
of many others. And as to their temperate habits and moral conduct none
can, in truth, find fault.”
If you wanted to learn the teachings of Christ, would you look for a
rebuttal of Christianity from Carl Marx? And if you wanted to learn
about early Christian reformers, you wouldn’t start in the comic section
at the bookstore. You wouldn’t expect to learn undistorted truth about
any religion by asking someone who doesn’t have a clue what the religion
professes.
If you want to know a person or group of people, the best approach is to
ask them. Following are comments from historical leaders of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Let them speak for their Church’s
beliefs.
“The fundamental principles of our religion are the testimony of the
Apostles and Prophets, concerning Jesus Christ, that He died, was
buried, and rose again the third day, and ascended into heaven; and all
other things which pertain to our religion are but appendages to it.” --
Joseph Smith
“We are a Christian people, we believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and we
feel that it is our duty to acknowledge him as our Savior and Redeemer.”
-- Joseph Fielding Smith
“The whole Christian world today rises up against these Latter-day
Saints because they profess to believe in revelation, in prophets and
apostles. This has been the case ever since the organization of this
Church.” -- Wilford Woodruff
“Inasmuch as the Church to which you and I belong is the Church of Jesus
Christ, established by the Savior Himself through the instrumentality of
the Prophet Joseph Smith, I do not think we need to worry about being
admitted into the various Christian denominations. The one thing that
you and I need to worry about, and the only thing, is with regard to
keeping the commandments of the Lord, living our religion as Latter-day
Saints.” -- Heber J. Grant
In “Gospel Ideals, David O. McKay, states as principles, members of the
Church always remember Christ. “Not just on Sunday, but on Monday, in
our daily acts, in our self-control. When our brother hurts us, we are
going to try to master our feelings and not retaliate in the same spirit
of anger. When a brother treats us with contempt, we are going to try to
return kindness. That's the spirit of the Christ, and that's what we
have promised -- that we will do our best to achieve these high
standards of Christianity, true Christian principles.”
Mark Hopkins said that true Christianity "promotes industry, honesty,
truth, purity, kindness. It humbles the proud, exalts the lowly, upholds
law, favors liberty, is essential to it, and would unite men in one
great brotherhood. It is the breath of life to social and civil
well-being here, and spreads the azure of that heaven into whose
unfathomed depth the eye of faith loves to look."
“I express my thankfulness that in the passing years the spirit of
tolerance for the beliefs of others has increased throughout our broad
land. The right to worship according to the dictates of an honest
conscience is one of the principles for which our nation is fighting
today. I am sure the blessings of heaven attend this tremendously
important endeavor.” -- Spencer W. Kimball
“First of all, in common with many millions of men, we are devoutly
Christian. This is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Jesus the Christ, with the doctrines, the commandments, the revelation,
the inspiration, the authority that come of him and through him, is the
foundation of this Church. He is the chief cornerstone and not any man.”
-- Richard L. Evans
“I am a Christian. My dictionary sustains me. I believe in Jesus Christ
and the truth as taught by him. My acceptance of him literally as the
Son of God, rather than as a manifestation or reincarnation of God, must
not rule me out of the Christian society. Nor should my belief in a
corporeal -- flesh and bones--God affect my Christian status. And
because I also accept the Holy Ghost as the third person in the Godhead,
I should not be accused of believing too much for an orthodox
Christian.” -- William J. Critchlow, Jr.
“Belief in Christ is basic and fundamental to the Christian faith. He is
the one sure foundation. By him all things are, and upon him all things
rest. As Paul said: ‘. . . other foundation can no man lay than that is
laid, which is Jesus Christ.’" (1 Cor. 3:11.) -- Bruce R. McConkie
The rush to judgment is epidemic in our society. Members of the Church
of Jesus Christ have a doctrinal belief that Jesus Christ himself will
be the final and only judge of all men. The “Book of Mormon” states
clearly: “The keeper of the gate
<http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/9/41d> is the Holy One of Israel; and
he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by
the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.” (2
Ne 9:41) For any man to assume the role of judge over another is
tantamount to blasphemy, presuming he’s better qualified to weigh
another man’s soul. Jesus also admonished, “Judge not, that ye be not
judged.” (Matt. 7:1)
As a rule for life, we’ll all do better to learn love, not hate.
Everyone needs understanding, not critical judgment. Look for the
divinity in every child of God. It’s wise to leave judgment to the only
One who is qualified, Jesus, who knows every man’s soul.
Seek Wisdom,
Benjamin
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Are the Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, Christians?
Hugh B. Brown, Conference Report, April 1962, p.106
I pray for divine guidance as I humbly undertake to speak to this vast
audience. May the Holy Spirit dictate what is said, and then it will be
the truth, and may that same Spirit, which is the Spirit of truth,
accompany the spoken word to our edification and blessing.
A brief explanation of our interpretation and acceptance of the most
fundamental of all Christian doctrines may assist both friends and
members to answer the recurring question: Are the Latter-day Saints, or
Mormons, Christians?
We might with profit, and we hope with some interest, consider the
question: What does it mean to be a Christian? The dictionary defines a
Christian as one who follows the precepts and example of Jesus Christ,
or one whose life is conformed to the doctrines of Jesus of Nazareth.
Now we cannot, of course this morning discuss, nor could we hardly
enumerate the various saving principles of the gospel of Christ, but
there is one doctrinal event which foreshadows and overshadows all other
Christian doctrine. I refer to the atonement of Christ, and it would
seem that this would be appropriate, as we approach the Easter time. "We
believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved,
by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel." (Third Article
of Faith.)
Faith in this one transcendent event, the most important in all history,
is the enduring foundation upon which the true Christian gospel is
built. Upon it, the salvation of the whole human family depends. He who
understands and accepts the full significance of the vicarious sacrifice
of Jesus Christ and conforms to the principles and ordinances which that
acceptance enjoins may be properly classified as a Christian. But there
must be more than mere lip service; faith alone is not sufficient.
Jesus said: "Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in
heaven." (Matthew 7:20-21.)
What must one do to become a Christian or to be saved is an ancient and
oft-repeated question which was answered by Peter, the apostle, on the
day of Pentecost, when through his powerful sermon the people were
convinced and pricked in their hearts and cried out: "Men and brethren,
what shall we do?" and the apostle said, ". . . Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (Acts 2:38.)
Forgiveness on terms of repentance is a basic Christian principle. But
is one saved by merely meeting these preliminary requirements? The
Apostle Paul, in one of his dynamic letters, said, speaking of these
principles: ". . . let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,"
(Hebrews 6:1.)
And he adds that the work of perfecting the Saints (the people of the
Church in former days were known as Saints) must continue "Till we all
come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of
Christ:" (Ephesians 4:13.)
Salvation is a continuing, on-going process. It is eternally improving
achieving, becoming -- yes, and overcoming. In some ways it may be
analogous to education, which is a continuous process of overcoming
ignorance. When is a man educated? When is a man saved? We believe a man
is saved no faster than he gains knowledge for "the glory of God is
intelligence. (See D&C 93:36.)
Is a man educated when he enrolls in college, or when he gets his
bachelor's, his master's or doctorate? Yes, relatively, he is an
educated man, but he still has a lifetime -- an eternity, in fact, in
which to pursue knowledge and truth. The highest reaches of life are but
embryonic in the light of eternity, and man has every reason to hope
that a future life will afford him full scope for larger and fuller
achievement.
This Church, which bears Christ's name, has from the beginning uniformly
taught that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is the first saving principle
of the gospel, but as the poet tells us, "Heaven is not gained by a
single bound, but we build the ladders by which we rise, from the lowly
earth to the vaulted skies, and mount to its summit round by round."
Faith must be confirmed and demonstrated by active acceptance of all the
other principles and ordinances taught by him whose name is incorporated
in the word Christian.
We do not claim to understand fully the atonement in all of its
limitless scope and infinite blessing; but God has revealed enough
detail concerning the need, purpose, and universal application of the
atonement of Christ to justify the doctrine that the resurrection from
the dead is assured to all men.
John said: "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and
the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of
life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in
the books, according to their works." (Rev. 20:12.)
Eternal life and exaltation, however, made possible by the vicarious
sacrifice of Christ may be progressively attained by man's voluntary
co-operation with divine will and purpose. When we think of any
reconciliation or appeasement or settlement, we consider it in
connection with some previous act or event of which it is a sequel. For
instance, a treaty of peace is a sequel of war. A settlement of a claim
or an obligation implies there has been an account with a debit balance.
When we speak of the atonement wrought by Jesus Christ, we envision an
unpaid debt, and antecedent transgression; something to atone for.
All students of the Bible who accept the New Testament see in his
atonement a sequel to the transgression of Adam, generally known as the
Fall of Adam. Through the Fall, Adam and Eve and all their posterity
became subject to bodily disintegration and death and also to banishment
from the presence of God, which is in the nature of spiritual death, and
this despite the fact that the cause was individual transgression. By
the individual atonement of Christ, free redemption from the
transgression of Adam is assured to all. Paul assures us that: ". . .
since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive." (1
Corinthians 15:21-22.)
The transgression of Adam, together with all of its consequences, was
foreseen and the expiation provided for before the foundations of the
world were laid. In that primeval council, of which the scriptures
speak, when "all the sons of God shouted for joy" (see Job 38:7), Christ
offered himself as a ransom. He was not coerced or required to make this
sacrifice. His free agency was in no way infringed or trammeled. It was
a freewill, love-inspired offer, which could have been withdrawn at any
time. It was optional until the very time of his crucifixion. He gently
rebuked Peter, you remember, who would have defended him with a sword at
the time of the betrayal, and Jesus said: "Thinkest thou that I cannot
now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve
legions of angels?" (Matthew 26 :53. )
The question is sometimes asked: Why was such a sacrifice of God's
beloved Son permitted or accepted? Why not let someone else pay that
debt? Why not Adam?
The answer is found in the fact that of all the sons of God, only Christ
could qualify, because he was the only sinless man who ever walked the
earth. Furthermore, he was the First Begotten, the eldest of the sons of
God in the spirit, and the Only Begotten in the flesh, and therefore the
only one who possessed the full powers of Godhood and manhood. Hear him
refer to that premortal existence in the most beautiful prayer on
record, found in the 17th chapter of John, he prayed: "And now O Father,
glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee
before the world was." (John 17:5.)
Christ was the only one wholly free from the dominion of Satan, the only
one possessed of power to hold death in abeyance and to die only as he
willed so to do, the only one who could conquer death. He said: "For as
the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have
life in himself," (John 5:26.)
And again: "Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my
life, that I might take it again.
"No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to
lay it down, and I have power to take it again...." (John 10:17-18.)
Another question is sometimes heard: Why should Christ have volunteered
to make this sacrifice? What was the motive that inspired and sustained
him from the time of that council in heaven until the moment of his
agonized cry "It is finished"? (John 19:30.)
The answer to this question is twofold: first, his undeviating devotion
to his Father's will. He said: ". . . My meat is to do the will of him
that sent me, and to finish his work." (Ibid., 4:34.)
Second was his supernal and all-embracing love for mankind, who, without
his mediation, would have remained in the total gloom of desiring
without hope throughout eternity.
As the late President Taylor very beautifully and very truthfully said,
speaking of the atonement: "Is justice dishonored? No; it is satisfied,
the debt is paid. Is righteousness departed from? No; this is a
righteous act. All requirements are met. Is judgment violated? No, its
demands are fulfilled. Is mercy triumphant? No; she simply claims her
own. Justice, judgment, mercy and truth all harmonize as the attributes
of Deity. 'Justice and truth have met together, righteousness and peace
have kissed each other.' Justice and judgment triumph as well as mercy
and peace;" (The Mediation and Atonement, 1950 edition, p. 167.)
What was the alternative to the atonement? What if there had been no
atonement? If there had been no atonement, all men would have been
doomed to eternal death, for unless Christ had broken its bonds, death
would have been victorious. All who died before the Meridian of Time
were still in their graves when Christ came forth triumphantly from the
tomb and broke the bonds that held them captive.
Matthew records that: ". . . the graves were opened; and many bodies of
the Saints which slept arose,
"And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the
holy city, and appeared unto many." (Matthew 27:52-53.)
Thus he became the first fruits of them that slept. When the Apostle
Paul comprehended the full meaning of this unprecedented event, he
joyfully exclaimed: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory?" (1 Corinthians 15:55.)
And Jesus comforted and reassured all the grieving Marthas of the world
with these immortal words: ". . . I am the resurrection, and the life:
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
"And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die...." (John 11
:25-26.)
But the victory over death is not the only benefit arising from the
atonement of the Messiah; his atonement not only liberated all men from
eternal death but, through the atonement, forgiveness of our individual
sins may be obtained. He made it possible for us, through faith,
repentance, and continued righteousness, to obtain absolution from the
effects of personal sins. One does not get the full benefit of the
atonement simply by acknowledging it.
Men cannot be saved in their sins because, by divine decree, no unclean
thing can enter the kingdom of heaven; however, through repentance,
baptism and the power of the Holy Ghost, men may be saved from their
sins.
No man can by one single act, however great or sincere, free himself
from the necessity for that "patient continuance in well doing" of which
Paul speaks. He must still follow the Master and endure to the end.
Jesus plainly and impressively taught this truth to the young man who
came to him saying:
". . . Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal
life?
"And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but
one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
commandments.
"He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear
false witness
"Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
"The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my
youth up: what lack I yet?
"Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come and follow me." (Matthew 19:16-21.)
It is not enough therefore merely to keep the commandments or obey the
law nor even to sell all and give to the poor. The final requirement is
to follow the Master. The poet has us sing:
"Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow thee
"Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, thou from hence my all shall be.
"Perish every fond ambition, all I've thought, or hoped, or known;
"Yet how rich is my condition, God and Heaven are still my own!"
That all men are sinners in varying degrees is repeatedly affirmed in
the New Testament. Paul wrote to the Romans: "For all have sinned, and
come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23.)
And John adds: "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us." (1 John 1:8.)
Peter, said, "For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you
that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ." (2 Peter 1:5-8.)
That the blessings of the atonement are to be made available not only to
all who lived before the time of Christ but also to all who die without
an opportunity to hear the gospel is evidenced by Peter's declaration:
"For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead,
that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live
according to God in the spirit." (1 Peter 4:6.)
The Savior himself confirms this as follows: "Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice
of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live." (John 5:25.)
In answer to the question then, what does it mean to be a Christian and
are we Christians, we reply that the doctrines we teach are Christian by
every test of the scripture and of revelation. In practice we confess we
often fall short. However, we are earnestly trying to bring our lives
into complete harmony with his laws and thus become entitled to the full
blessings of the atonement and become progressively better Christians.
No one of us is justified in praying as did the Pharisee of old, "God, I
thank thee, that I am not as other men...." (Luke 18:11.) There is no
room in the true Christian life for an attitude of "holier than thou."
Each one who claims to be a Christian could with better grace pray as
did the publican, "God be merciful to me, a sinner." (Ibid., 18:13.)
Humbly we bear witness that God is a reality; he is personal and is our
Father; that Jesus of Nazareth is the Redeemer and Savior of the world;
that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth, and we
wish all men could hear and accept that message.
As Peter said in answer to the Savior's question, "Whom say ye that I
am?" we say with him "Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God."
(See Matt. 16:15-16.) May God be with you till we meet again, I pray in
the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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