Adams was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but her family left Mormonism when her parents got divorced in 1985. Aaron Eckhart was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He once served as a missionary in Europe for two years. ...
An even smaller number are “endowed,” which means participate in regular worship in LDS temples, access to which is tightly controlled. Ben Park’s piece in the Washington Post does, I think, I fair job of summarizing a lot of cultural shifts in the LDS community in recent years ...
The Higher Ordinances (sealings and endowments) in Mormon Temples. Only The First Presidency can speak for the Church. They did not repudiate the Curse of Cain doctrine nor the Priesthood-ban in 1978. They simply "lifted" the Priesthood-ban (or rather the LORD did through them). There are...
Adams was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but her family left Mormonism when her parents got divorced in 1985. Aaron Eckhart was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He once served as a missionary in Europe for two years. ...
Both Miles Romney and Miles Park Romney are celebrated for their prominent roles in the construction of Mormon temples.Mormon Polygamy by Richard S. Van Wagoner is pretty much considered the definitive guide to understanding polygamy as practiced by the saints in the 19th century....
Some do leave, though it's not clear that they leave "in droves" as some critics contend. Even if that may be the case in North America and parts of Europe, which are experiencing a general decline in peoples' affiliation with any faith, it's not the case in Latin America and parts...
Banks, printing offices, temples, cities, and finally a state, have arisen under its auspices. Converts have multiplied to tens of thousands. In several of the countries of Europe there are preachers and organized sects of Mormons; believers in the divine mission of Joseph Smith & Co. And...
Its recruits have been very largely derived from England, Wales, and the north of Europe. The original impulse towards Mormonism is the craving among the ignorant after the continuance of a visible governing, miracle working authority in religion, which accounts for the adoption of the coarse ...
Last General Conference they announced 20 new Temples. I wanted to scream. Why not 20 homeless shelters, 20 children’s hospitals, 20 soup kitchens, 20 new schools, 20 cancer research centers, 20 libraries? Why not 20 military hospitals in Ukraine? Or since we are so into wars and rumors...
(I don’t grasp the shaving issue, but maybe other guys get it). Elders were never sent home from the mission as a rule, no matter what they did. After he left we heard that things got better in spite of several deaths among the missionary force. The new temples in nearby countries...