Documenting the bumpy history between BSA and LDS

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Originally Posted by Levin

Scouting was not based on the military model, but the nature clubs that sprouted up in the latter 19th century and early 20th century in Europe.

Scouting tried to "modernize" by deemphasizing the outdoors in the 60s and 70s in order to appeal to urban, inner-city youth. It was a miserable failure. Scouting should not try to be what it's not.

Scouting not based on the military? Where do you think the very name "Scout" comes from?

Baden Powell modeled the whole thing after the military....uniforms, ranks, achievements, badges, and closeted homosexuality.