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==Question: Did LDS leaders claim that Christians were no longer present on the earth after the apostasy?==
===Brigham Young: "in the experience of every true Christian who has lived and still lives upon the earth"===

Consider these quotes from Brigham Young:

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''The Gospel of Jesus Christ, as it is given in the Old and New Testaments, the Book of Mormon, the Book of Doctrine and Covenants, and in the experience of every true Christian who has lived and still lives upon the earth, teaches that it is the privilege of every Saint so to live and walk before their God, as to enjoy the light of the spirit of truth from day to day, from week to week, and from year to year, through their whole lives.'' (Brigham Young, ''Journal of Discourses'' 1:233)
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''The Christian world, I discovered, was like the captain and crew of a vessel on the ocean without a compass, and tossed to and fro whithersoever the wind listed to blow them. When the light came to me, I saw that all the so-called Christian world was grovelling in darkness.'' (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 5:73)
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===Brigham said that Christians had lost their direction, not that they didn't exist===

Notice that Brigham ''didn't'' say that there were ''no'' Christians, but instead stated that they had lost their direction.

There is a reason that Brigham had a low opinion of those who those who called themselves "Christian" during the early days of the Church. "Christians" were among those who persecuted the Latter-day Saints.
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