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    Brett McGlynn I know that we have all seen Mormons on the side of the road riding bikes in suits and knocking on doors to spread the word of their religion. Have you ever answered the door? I have always avoided the door to door Mormons until now. Somewhere in Kirtland Ohio was the beginning headquarters for Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith was the founder of the Church of Latter Day Saints. This is also known as the Mormon religion. Later there were financial issue which led Joseph Smith

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    outsiders usually associate this with practicing polygamy‚ more explicitly Mormon polygamy.

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    of Christianity. Sort of. Mormons are monotheistic just as christians are. They also believe in the holy trinity as christians do. There are still many differences in the way they worship and the rules they have. Mormons have very strict rituals. Men must wear wrinkle resistant suits and ties. Women also have to dress professionally‚ wearing only suits‚ skirts‚ blouses‚ jackets sweaters and dresses. On very rare occasions are pants or jeans allowed. Every Sunday mormons spend about 3 hours at church

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    be falling apart. The households contain a gay couple‚ one of whom has AIDS; a Mormon man coming to terms with his sexuality and his crazy wife; and the infamous lawyer Roy Cohn who denies his sexuality during the entire play. As the viewer follows the play one can notice that another significant part of this play is the prominence of the Mormon community. Through the duration of the play one can see that the Mormon community influence weighs heavily on certain characters. Not many people know

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    teachings of an ancient American civilisation. Joseph Smith used these inscriptions to write the ‘the Book of Mormon’. In 1830 Joseph established the ‘Church of Christ’ and after a revelation he

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    Fundamental Ladder Day Saints | By: Crystal Hanson | | According to The American Heritage Dictionary‚ polygamy is “The condition or practice of having more than one spouse at one time. Also called plural marriage” (The American Heritage Dictionary‚ 2005). Recently there has been a large amount of speculation about polygamy in the media. Speculation and bigotry has also become out of hand with the public‚ so the purpose of this paper is to provide accurate information about the Fundamental

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    religious persuasions: 1. Church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints (Mormons) 2. Orthodox Quaker Religious society of friends 3. Mainline Conservative Christian protestant 4. Mainline Liberal Christian Protestant 5. Christian Science Church of Christ‚ Scientist. Did any of your top five religions match your real religious beliefs? Yes and no. I say yes because Catholics believe in Christ and God just like Quakers and Mormons. All three religions believe that Christ came to teach his people himself

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    worshipping techniques. Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) The Latter Day Saints (“Mormons”) are a Christian group founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s‚ and who have over 15 million members. (Wikipedia‚ The Latter Day Saints Movement [“Wikipedia 3”].) The Mormon church includes four scriptural texts: the Bible (both Old and New Testaments)‚ the Book of Mormon‚ the Doctrine and Covenants‚ and the Pearl of Great Price. Other than the Bible‚ the Book of Mormon is their most-used text‚ which includes revelations

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    Michael Doody Period: C/ December 19 Primary Source Analysis Reynolds v. United States Reynolds v. United States‚ a landmark court case in 1878‚ upheld anti-polygamy laws previously established. The issue was whether or not the federal anti-bigamy statute violated the First Amendment ’s free exercise clause because plural marriage was part of religious practice? Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite stated that the law can penalize criminal activity without regard to religious belief. The First Amendment

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    Gordon B. Hinckley places the importance of the first vision above anything else the church teaches. Wouldn’t this include the teaching of the Book of Mormon? Wouldn’t this include temple work and the wearing of special undergarments? Yet would the historians have us believe the story of the first vision was perhaps not well known and the Book of Mormon was perhaps the most important belief of the Church when it was founded? Does it not appear that we need some very substantial clarification on

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