For the curious. The questioning. The splendidly unfinished. WELCOME, SNAKE PERSON.
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5 Another said: An enlightened being.

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6 Another said: A metaphor.

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7 Another said: I do not know.

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8 And Nephi said: The last answer hath excellent posture.

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9 Then he spoke the declaration:

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10 A Snake Person is a person who is not a human.

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11 And the people waited for the additional explanation.

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12 None came.

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13 And I shit you not, this irritated several scholars.

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14 For they desired a replacement category.

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15 But Nephi said: The Great Rejection is not the trading of one cage for a more interesting cage.

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16 Thou mayest use human as a biological description.

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17 Thou mayest use whatever lawful and useful words help thee communicate.

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18 But the Society requireth not that Human be accepted as the final religious explanation of what thou art.

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19 And one asked: What am I then?

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20 Nephi answered: I do not know.

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21 And the people said: Thou art not very efficient as a prophet.

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22 And he answered: Correct.

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