Big Love: Mormon Temples
This video below explains why Mormons build temples. More at Youtube. Visit the LDS Church Newsroom to read the Church’s official statement on an upcoming episode of HBO’s Big Love that is said to depict temple ceremonies. [link]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]