Assertion: atonement's effect | /r/HasProperty | its use
Facets:
value: as a rhetorical device
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Since such a theocracy has not been operative in modern times, the practical effect of the idea was its use as a rhetorical device to heighten the awareness of Latter-day Saints of the seriousness of murder and other major sins.
text: Since such a theocracy has not been operative in modern times, the practical effect of the idea was its use as a rhetorical device to heighten the awareness of Latter-day Saints of the seriousness of murder and other major sins.