Nov 11 (Reuters) – The Mormon church has admitted that founder Joseph Smith married about 40 women including a 14-year-old and others who were already the wives of his followers, having maintained for nearly 200 years that he was monogamous. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has tried […]
USA Today | by Dennis Wagner Our Source: The Huffington Post PHOENIX (RNS) The leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been ordered to appear before a magistrate in England on fraud charges filed by a disaffected ex-Mormon who disputes fundamental teachings of the religion, according to […]
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page A London court called the church’s leader to account for “false” doctrines—the latest in a […]
By Gary F. Zeolla What do the Bible and the Book of Mormon have in common? They both claim to be the Word of God. Also, major portions of both describe supposedly historical events. The Histories The historical portions of the Old Testament in the Bible primarily focus on the […]
How It Works The Religious Health-O-Meter evaluates the overall health of America’s eleven largest religious organizations by comparing combined factors related to happiness and devotion. Each religious organization was ordered from highest to lowest by percentage of membership that meet the requirement in six categories. Each religion was scored on […]
SOURCE: SALON by Joe Darger Lately, the debate about gay marriage has led to many conversations about what makes a marriage and who can have one. It’s an interesting question […]
By Peggy Fletcher Stack | The Salt Lake Tribune Mormon historians are cheering the newly released English edition of LDS scriptures, pointing to new wording about race and polygamy that […]
Utah » Attorney General-elect John Swallow says he’ll uphold law but won’t actively enforce it. By lindsay whitehurst The Salt Lake Tribune First Published Dec 15 2012 Set to take […]
The Rude Awakening by Carl Lindquist http://clindquist-rudeawakening.blogspot.com/2011/12/top-10-list-of-unusual-mormon-beliefs.html?m=1 Top 10 List of Unusual Mormon Beliefs and Practices Obviously, every religion can seem strange to those outside its doors. And we often […]
Source: Huffington Post Author: Eliza Wood Are Mormons any closer to Christians than Muslims? Short answer: no. Long answer goes something like this: As the media shapes our understanding of the Mormon faith, now that we Americans consider electing our first Mormon presidential candidate (Mitt Romney), it might be wise for […]
By Jason Horowitz, Published: February 28 On Dec. 25, 1964, as Mitt Romney enjoyed his last Christmas break as a high school student in Michigan, two Mormon missionaries visited Darius Gray in Colorado […]