Archive for the 'mormons' Category
Ken Jennings on Mormonism
From a recent piece in the Daily News:
This is a strange season to be a Mormon. During my lifetime, I thought the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had effectively mainstreamed itself. Being a Mormon was like being Canadian, or a vegetarian, or a unicyclist - it made you a bit of a conversation [...]
“don’t mormons believe in the godhead described in the new testament, not that gibberish made up in the nicene creed?” [source]
“aren’t mormon congregations run by volunteers, rather than paid, career clergy?” [source]
“haven’t mormons set up an extremely low-interest student loan program so their people in third world countries can afford to get an education?” [source]
“don’t [...]
crime reports from brigham young university
….will have you falling out of your chair laughing. some examples from the mormon school:
Disorderly Conduct
Sept. 19: An individual reported male students singing to female students outside of Hinckley Hall. The males were advised to leave due to complaints.
Suspicious Activity
Nov. 2: A student in Helaman Halls received a letter with a large sum [...]
Mormon Politics
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Mormons, as individuals, are very interested in the political world. As an early Mormon leader put it 1896, “We cannot as a [...]
Tithing
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Tithing is one tenth of a person’s income that is given to God. Tithing was a commandment given to the ancient prophets [...]
Atonement of Jesus Christ
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Members of the Mormon Church view the atonement of Jesus Christ as the most important event in human history. It is the [...]
PBS documentary: “the mormons”
This four-hour documentary brings together FRONTLINE and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in their first co-production to provide a searching portrait of this fascinating but often misunderstood religion. Produced by award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney (”Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero,” “John Paul II: The Millennial Pope”), the film will explore the richness, the complexities, and the controversies of [...]
Mormon Religion
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), or as it is often called, the Mormon Church, is the restored Church [...]
Anti-Mormon
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Almost from the time Joseph Smith left the grove of trees after his First Vision, he faced persecution. Almost since the [...]
Chastity
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Mormon doctrine teaches that sexual intimacy should take place between a man and a woman only when they are legally married; adultery, [...]
The Book of Abraham
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In 1799, near Alexandria, Egypt, Napoleon’s men found the soon famous Rosetta Stone. The stone provided a way to translate ancient Egyptian [...]
Polygamy
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The practice of polygamy, or plural marriage (one man taking more than one wife), by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day [...]
Mormon Families - Common Practices
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) emphasizes strong families as very important to the Church, its members, and [...]
Mormon Endowment
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The endowment is a ceremony, or ordinance, which takes place only in the temple of the Mormon Church, and is only given [...]
Black Mormons
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There seem to be a lot of myths about Blacks in the LDS church. This misinformation comes from many sources. Most is [...]
