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Dec 19th 2007

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 [...]

Dec 16th 2007

mormon beliefs: some offhand comments mike huckabee won’t be making to reporters

“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 [...]

Jun 15th 2007

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 [...]

May 8th 2007

Mormon Politics

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
Mormons, as individuals, are very interested in the political world. As an early Mormon leader put it 1896, “We cannot as a [...]

May 5th 2007

Tithing

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
Tithing is one tenth of a person’s income that is given to God. Tithing was a commandment given to the ancient prophets [...]

May 5th 2007

Atonement of Jesus Christ

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
Members of the Mormon Church view the atonement of Jesus Christ as the most important event in human history. It is the [...]

Apr 28th 2007

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 [...]

Mar 3rd 2007

Mormon Religion

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), or as it is often called, the Mormon Church, is the restored Church [...]

Mar 3rd 2007

Anti-Mormon

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
Almost from the time Joseph Smith left the grove of trees after his First Vision, he faced persecution. Almost since the [...]

Mar 3rd 2007

Chastity

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
Mormon doctrine teaches that sexual intimacy should take place between a man and a woman only when they are legally married; adultery, [...]

Mar 3rd 2007

The Book of Abraham

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
In 1799, near Alexandria, Egypt, Napoleon’s men found the soon famous Rosetta Stone. The stone provided a way to translate ancient Egyptian [...]

Mar 3rd 2007

Polygamy

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
The practice of polygamy, or plural marriage (one man taking more than one wife), by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day [...]

Feb 13th 2007

Mormon Families - Common Practices

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) emphasizes strong families as very important to the Church, its members, and [...]

Feb 13th 2007

Mormon Endowment

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
The endowment is a ceremony, or ordinance, which takes place only in the temple of the Mormon Church, and is only given [...]

Feb 13th 2007

Black Mormons

This article was recently submitted to all-encompassingly for publication. It is one of a series of informational posts intended to address widely-held misconceptions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. –Admin
There seem to be a lot of myths about Blacks in the LDS church. This misinformation comes from many sources. Most is [...]

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