Actually, This is What You Believe
This past weekend, Kate Snow of Good Morning America posted a question to George Stephanopoulos about whether or not Mitt Romney’s LDS faith would be a big hurdle for him (politically speaking). George’s demonstrated response and investigative journalism is shoddy to say the least. Romney stated the following in a previous interview: Our belief is just like it says in the Bible, that the Messiah will come to Jerusalem, stand on the Mount of Olives, and the Mount of Olives will be a place where there’s a great gathering, and so forth. It’s the same as the other Christian...
Read MoreA Modern Prophet Goes Global
The Economist is running a story titled “A modern prophet goes global” about the LDS Church’s international expansion. While mostly accurate and worthy of the reader’s attention, a couple parts are on shaky ground. One such example: Douglas Davies, a professor at Britain’s Durham University, says the Latter-day Saints are too centralised to be a “world religion” in the full sense: only if different continents and cultures develop their own styles of Mormon worship can the religion be likened to universal ones like Buddhism or Islam. While interesting to see this person’s...
Read MoreSomething about Mary
Peggy Fletcher Stack of The Salt Lake Tribune is the author of a recent article titled “Something about Mary“. Stack attempts to portray why Mormons don’t consider Mary, the mother of Jesus, a central figure in their worship, unlike some other religions. Mormons will drag Mary out of the shadows of their faith again this season and plop her into the annual Nativity scene. They’ll gush about her beauty in the various crèches they’ve been collecting from Mexico, Poland and Nigeria. They’ll read about her on Christmas Eve as the family gathers around the fire before bed. During...
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