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This week the LDS Church posted three important press releases: 1. Just in time for shoddy local journalism, the Church invited journalists to include the Church itself among the sources they use when writing. The Church Newsroom site has a variety of resources for learning about Church beliefs and practices. If journalists can’t find what they need on the site, they can contact Church public affairs directly. There is much valuable material and good scholarship available about the Church on the Internet, but there is an enormous amount that ranges from the merely dubious to simple...
Read MoreShoddy Journalism and Controversy Bandwagoneering
The local press has been quite excited lately with the latest Utah Valley controversy: Dick Cheney’s planned commencement speech at the upcoming BYU graduation. Hoping to garner some attention of her own, SLTrib columnist Rebecca Walsh decided to jump on the controversy bandwagon and fling mud. Her article titled “Church shows true color – red” makes a plethora of unfounded accusations and unsubstantiated explanations. In a nutshell, Walsh claims that Cheney’s invite to speak at BYU flies in the face of previous statements of political neutrality. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got...
Read MoreBoston Globe: A Mormon president? I don’t think so
The Boston Globe, which is probably one of the most anti-Mitt Romney, anti-Mormon papers in the United States has published this ridiculous article hit piece in their continued campaign against the LDS Church and Mitt Romney. Here are a couple of gems: “I have been watching the first two hours of a forthcoming WGBH-produced, four-hour special ‘The Mormons,’ slated to air nationwide on PBS April 30 and May 1. (The second half is still being edited.) It’s vintage public broadcasting, plodding at times — if I see another covered wagon heading for Zion, I’ll get motion...
Read MoreRomney not likely to wear religion on his sleeve
Here’s a good letter to the editor in my hometown newspaper stating that Romney wouldn’t be likely to wear his religion (Mormonism) on his sleeve. The letter points out several theological, cultural, and personal reasons why Romney would successfully “separate the public sphere of his work from the personal sphere of his church.” The Mormon church’s Articles of Faith profess a belief in “obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.” The Church regularly affirms its political neutrality. Chapels and member lists cannot be used for political purposes. The Church has “acquiesced...
Read MoreAmericans’ Views of the Mormon Religion
There’s a new Gallup Poll that deals with Mormonism head on. Its contents are intriguing, but to be expected. The best commentary on this issue comes from the Lord himself: For there are many yet on the earth among all sects, parties, and denominations, who are blinded by the subtle craftiness of men, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, and who are only kept from the truth because they know not where to find it. (D&C 123:12) Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post...
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