The RLDS felt they were Better than Anyone Else

For them, an important event was Prayer Meeting every Wedneday evening. As a child I attended these, and was encouraged to participate in them.

No one wants to remember them now, because their objective was to feel superior, and encourage this feeling in others.

I didn't attend any prayer meetings when I went to college in the Fifties, even though the first two years were at a church college (Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa).

The idea of the One True Church became embarrasing, and was replaced by the idea of a community of churches. In fact, that was the name of the church that replaced it: The Community of Christ. This felt right to everyone.

Even the LDS church became more like everyone else, and worked at showing what Good Americans they were. The result was a balance between being exclusive and being inclusive - but they have made that balance successfully.