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I can tell you what I learned from studying Baptist history. The first baptist were put to death as heretics. Tens of thousands were martyred because they refused to give up their belief that infant baptism was wrong....

.... The protestant movement and the desire for religious freedom lead to the founding of the United States. The United States was blessed by God to be a beacon of freedom to the whole world. We can learn a lot from people like that.

18 My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should join.
19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”
-- Joseph Smith's "First Vision", verses 18-19, taken from History of the [LDS] Church, Vol. 1, Chapters 1-5

How much of "a lot" did you learn from "all wrong...all an abomination...all corrupt"?

19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”
-- Joseph Smith's "First Vision", verses 18-19, taken from History of the [LDS] Church, Vol. 1, Chapters 1-5

How much of "a lot" did you learn from "all wrong...all an abomination...all corrupt"?

Am I supposed to in embarrassed by something said by Jesus Himself? On the contrary it's absolutely true.

Doctrine and Covenants 1:30
30 And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased, speaking unto the church collectively and not individually—

You can find good any where if you want to find it. Yes, their creeds are all wrong, but as people we all have things to teach each other about life, devotion, faith, kindness, and love.

The Jesus didn't say learn from the Samaritan's doctrine, but everyone should learn from his example.