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Highlights about the Church from the world media
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| Hate for hate’s sake |
| Jerusalem Post, May 8, 2009 |
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| Pelosi: Hands off D.C.’s gay marriage law |
| Philadelphia Bulletin, May 8, 2009 |
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| Huntsman Rising, Weaver Advising |
| Washington Post, May 5, 2009 |
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| U.S. Jews, Muslims Support Obama Strongly After 100 Days |
| Arutz Sheva (Israel), May 3, 2009 |
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| "Everything happens for a reason" |
| Parade, May 3, 2009 |
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| Huntsman sees civil unions as path to bigger tent |
| National Journal, April 30, 2009 |
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| Attacks on Miss California reveal intolerance of gay-rights activists |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 30, 2009 |
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| Post-Christian? Not even close |
| USA Today, April 27, 2009 |
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| We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re hypocrites |
| Washington Times, April 27, 2009 |
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| OSU faculty and staff should start acting their age |
| Lantern (Ohio State University), April 27, 2009 |
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| Will gay marriage pit church against church? |
| Time, April 27, 2009 |
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| The Bigots’ Last Hurrah |
| New York Times, April 19, 2009 |
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| Unholy Alliance |
| Black Book, April 14, 2009 |
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| Mormons obey a higher calling |
| Yale Daily News, April 14, 2009 |
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| Running on empty |
| Southern Oregon Mail Tribune, April 14, 2009 |
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| Vampires from the victims’ perspective |
| Irish Times, April 13, 2009 |
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| Up, up, and away |
| Wall Street Journal, April 12, 2009 |
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| Religion briefs |
| Welland (Ontario, California) Tribune, April 11, 2009 |
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| The half-life of torture |
| American Lawyer, April 10, 2009 |
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| Professor presents political science research |
| High Point (North Carolina) University News, April 10, 2009 |
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| Fort Worth apartment fire displaces at least 40 people |
| Ft. Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram, April 10, 2009 |
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| Statistics show fast Mormon church growth |
| KIFI-8 news (Eastern Idaho), April 10, 2009 |
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| The cremation capital |
| Las Vegas Sun, April 10, 2009 |
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| How much do authors owe their readers? |
| Guardian (London), April 10, 2009 |
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| Idaho House panel passes new liquor license plan |
| Forbes, April 10, 2009 |
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| Transhumanist politics, 1700 to the near future |
| Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, April 10, 2009 |
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| BYU newspaper recalled |
| Editor & Publisher, April 7, 2009 |
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| Tango: Mormons and media |
| Get Religion, April 7, 2009 |
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| A postcard from Utah |
| Boston Globe, April 5, 2009 |
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| LDS.org seeks to convert non-believers |
| Internet Times, April 4, 2009 |
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| On the big rock |
| Deccan Sunday Herald (India), April 4, 2009 |
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| Norquist rags racists, rich liberals |
| Politico, April 4, 2009 |
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| What’s it like to be a Mormon progressive? |
| Boston Globe, April 4, 2009 |
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| A cancer mutation’s Colonial roots |
| Boston Globe, April 4, 2009 |
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| Twilight series spawns religion |
| Examiner, April 2, 2009 |
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| LDS members conflicted about immigration |
| Arizona Republic, April 2, 2009 |
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| "The Woman in the Sunbonnet" |
| Reno Gazette Journal, April 1, 2009 |
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| Where do ideas come from? |
| Huffington Post, March 31, 2009 |
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| Our prurience is a disgrace |
| Times (London), March 30, 2009 |
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| Mormon edge? “Deseret News” makes gains |
| Editor & Publisher, March 30, 2009 |
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| Mormon tradition stands out in hard times |
| Charlotte (North Carolina) Observer, March 30, 2009 |
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| Bill abolishing death penalty rejected |
| Billings (Montana) Gazette, March 30, 2009 |
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| GPS marks the spot |
| New York Times, March 28, 2009 |
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| Lutheran Church Missouri Synod seeks to sell KFUO |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 28, 2009 |
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| "Battlestar" rules |
| Weekly Standard, March 28, 2009 |
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| BYU professor helps nation protect religious freedoms |
| Salt Lake Tribune, March 27, 2009 |
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| DJ’s latest takes his music to a lighter place |
| Orange County (California) Weekly, March 25, 2009 |
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| There’s trouble in Toyland |
| Washington Times, March 28, 2009 |
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| Palestinians serenade survivors in Israel |
| New York Times, March 26, 2009 |
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| Don’t sneer at science – volcano-monitoring saves lives |
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 26, 2009 |
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| Tom Hanks talks about religion |
| Scripps News, March 26, 2009 |
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| Interview with Bart Ehrman |
| Independent Weekly (Raleigh, North Carolina), March 26, 2009 |
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| Please, stay on the line |
| Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2009 |
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| The amazing power of the culture |
| National Review, March 23, 2009 |
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| Show about the universe raises questions on Earth |
| New York Times, March 21, 2009 |
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| Inside Wachovia Center, it’s madness every minute |
| Delaware News Journal, March 20, 2009 |
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| Private equity’s bargain basement |
| Portfolio, March 18, 2009 |
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| The potato – a blessing |
| History News Network, March 17, 2009 |
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| The no-food diet |
| New Zealand Herald, March 17, 2009 |
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| God exists, and He’s Mormon |
| American Spectator, March 16, 2009 |
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| "Idol" star Archuleta still rising, still in awe |
| Sacramento Bee, March 15, 2009 |
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| Beards of iniquity |
| Atlantic, March 15, 2009 |
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| Fighting misinformation |
| Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Advocate, March 15, 2009 |
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| Are we happier in the West? |
| Crosscut, March 14, 2009 |
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| Guns and sports |
| Age (Australia), March 14, 2009 |
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| A call to do the right thing |
| St. Petersburg (Florida) Times, March 14, 2009 |
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| Governor challenges Utah’s conservative verities |
| New York Times, March 14, 2009 |
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| HBO vs. LDS: The Mormons strike back |
| Variety, March 13, 2009 |
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| Big Love? Big Deal. |
| National Review, March 13, 2009 |
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| Many people satisfied with their jobs despite tough times |
| USA Today, March 13, 2009 |
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| When does human life begin? |
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 12, 2009 |
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| Stability attracts Latin Americans to Mormonism |
| Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Herald, March 12, 2009 |
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| Gallery news |
| Examiner (Salt Lake City), March 11, 2009 |
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| Helping Samoans “understand” Mormonism |
| Florida Baptist Witness, March 11, 2009 |
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| No on 8 forces get their act together |
| New America Foundation, March 10, 2009 |
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| Marriage moment |
| National Review, March 10, 2009 |
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| Australian cardinal calls for confrontation of religious intolerance |
| Catholic News Service, March 10, 2009 |
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| Mormon TV: Harvard video goes viral |
| Boston Globe, March 7, 2009 |
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| In defense of the Mountain West |
| ESPN, March 6, 2009 |
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| Catholic agency headed by its first Mormon |
| Salt Lake Tribune, March 6, 2009 |
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| “We’re gaming Digg” |
| Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2009 |
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| Utah AG has refreshingly practical take on online casinos |
| USA Online Casinos, March 6, 2009 |
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| California’s temper tantrum |
| Christianity Today, March 5, 2009 |
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| The art of women |
| Canada, March 5, 2009 |
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| The Thriving American Muslim |
| Macleans (Canada), March 4, 2009 |
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| Pregaming the Prop 8 arguments |
| Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2009 |
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| Faith and good works |
| Boston Globe, March 1, 2009 |
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| Protest expected Sunday at “Laramie Project” play |
| Pioneer Local (Glenview, Illinois), February 26, 2009 |
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| Catholics, Southern Baptists, losing members |
| Washington Times, February 26, 2009 |
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| Funeral by teleconference |
| Colorado Springs Gazette, February 26, 2009 |
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| Gilbert voter turnout could be surprisingly high |
| Arizona Republic, February 26, 2009 |
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| Supreme Court rules that town should not have to erect monument to bizarre sect |
| Telegraph (London), February 26, 2009 |
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| Montana church can keep mum on donations |
| Los Angeles Times, February 26, 2009 |
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| A pathetic excuse for a martyr |
| Boston Herald, February 25, 2009 |
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| Religion news in brief |
| Associated Press, February 25, 2009 |
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| D.C. and the Constitution |
| Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2009 |
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| 2010 – Nevada will be competitive |
| Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 25, 2009 |
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| Sean Penn and the Hollywood/Government Complex |
| Patriot Post, February 25, 2009 |
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| Minor ivy leaguer |
| New Haven (Connecticut) Advocate, February 25, 2009 |
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| LDS missionary saves mother and baby from burning building |
| ABC TV News 4 (Salt Lake City), February 25, 2009 |
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| D.C. is not a state |
| Examiner, February 24, 2009 |
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| Mormon youths dispel falsehoods |
| Indianapolis (Indiana) Star, February 24, 2009 |
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| Will social conservatives embrace Mormons? |
| Beliefnet, February 23, 2009 |
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| Flashy on the carpet, emotional backstage |
| San Diego Union Tribune, February 23, 2009 |
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| “Twilight” offers old horror, new thrills |
| NPR, February 23, 2009 |
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| One Congress under God |
| Center for American Progress, February 23, 2009 |
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| Live blogging the Oscars |
| Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2009 |
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| Hawaii is latest civil unions battleground |
| Associated Press, February 22, 2009 |
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| Political colors |
| Sacramento Bee, February 22, 2009 |
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| Ready for recession |
| Pocono (Pennsylvania) Record, February 22, 2009 |
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| All aboard the burning bus |
| Times (London), February 21, 2009 |
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| Down and out to Utah State star |
| ESPN, February 20, 2009 |
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| Amy Adams: No doubting her |
| Irish Independent, February 20, 2009 |
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| When sports and religion collide |
| Bleacher Report, February 20, 2009 |
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| Happy Birthday, Evolution |
| Daily Collegian (Massachussetts), February 19, 2009 |
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| Mormons at the door |
| American Conservative, February 19, 2009 |
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| Religious fever takes the East side |
| Columbia University Spectator (New York), February 19, 2009 |
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| Notoriety yields tragedy in Iowa |
| Chronicle of Higher Education, February 18, 2009 |
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| Woman rescued from burning house |
| Trinidad & Tobago Express, February 18, 2009 |
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| Odd couple wants civility in politics |
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 18, 2009 |
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| Mormons for president? |
| New Majority, February 17, 2009 |
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| Vandals hit two churches and a cemetery |
| Gresham (Oregon) Outlook, February 17, 2009 |
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| Starr sees battle to fill high court |
| Washington Times, February 16, 2009 |
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| Actress soberly assesses her new role |
| Fresno (California) Bee, February 16, 2009 |
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| Does religion influence morality? |
| National Review, February 16, 2009 |
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| True lives, under a spotlight |
| Washington Post, February 15, 2009 |
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| Armenian religious minorities complain of discrimination |
| Institute for War and Peace Reporting (United Kingdom), February 13, 2009 |
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| Preachers attack pope, yell at students |
| Orion (California State, Chico), February 13, 2009 |
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| The Mormon leader of the ZOA office |
| Jewish Journal, February 12, 2009 |
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| When the saints go marching in |
| Guardian (London), February 12, 2009 |
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Blog
I have too much free time
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Be nice
We, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ, have made covenants to be Christian – 24/7, every day of the year, even when it’s possible to hide our actions behind anonymous screen names.
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Public relations
The mission of the Church does not include us keeping our heads down so left-wing political activists (and their media sympathizers) won’t say mean things about us. We are to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ, which includes repentance and baptism.
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Happy 400th birthday, Milton
Milton died thinking that he had failed in his wish to see England become a new Eden – to see the English establish a more righteous nation and all its people become prophets.
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Taking the truth to be hard
I get the feeling that gay protests against the Church are not exactly a, um, strategic move, but rather emotional. In any event, some U.S. citizens happen to be Mormon who have certain Constitutional rights, too – so maybe it would be helpful to review some of those.
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Untested gay marriage
I don’t live in California so I won’t be voting on Prop 8, which would ban gay marriage in that state. The Church, its leaders, and its members are, of course, organized in favor of traditional marriage. For doing so, Mormons have been grossly misrepresented in the media by devotees of so-called "tolerance."
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Thanks, Trib!
If someone really believes, deep down, in the unalloyed virtue of what they’re doing – they’ll do it for free. Everything else is just a job.
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Dispensations
I’m beginning to think perhaps this is the way the Lord always facilitates progress, regardless of the context – that He dispenses physical creatures to the Earth when necessary and appropriate to accomplish divine objectives, and that He dispenses knowledge and power to the Church for the same reasons.
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Wickedness never was happiness
Unrepentant sinners loathe the political agenda of believers – and the believers themselves – because anything that takes God seriously is an obstacle to the hoped-for utopia of the secular atheist: a wicked life blessed with happiness.
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Employment assistance taken to the next level
For the past several years, we’ve been thinking that missionary work is slowing because of the incredible prosperity and peace that the U.S. is enjoying. Theoretically, if we’re about to have a major downturn, this is a time when missionary work should be going better (since a recession or even a depression will humble people). Church employment assistance would be one way to identify such people – not to sic the missionaries on them, but to create within them a sense of gratitude toward the Church that might end up paying off in new convert baptisms.
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Media bias
The media are all a bunch of Johnny-one-notes when it comes to our faith. There really does seem to be a herd mentality, because every reporter falls back on the same tired tropes when it comes to Mormonism, almost as if newsroom computer keyboards have a macro set up (control-M?) to spew out "Big Love, 1978 revelation, magical underwear, evangelicals hate Mormons" whenever a member of the Church (or the Church itself) makes news.
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The death of the book?
"Learning is not to be found on a printout," David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, said in a commencement address at Boston College in May. "It’s not on call at the touch of the finger. Learning is acquired mainly from books, and most readily from great books."
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The one
I remember thinking, Somebody needs to figure this out. Is no one paying attention as the divorce rate in this country climbs into the stratosphere? This is the single most important decision of one’s life, into the eternities. Yet I’ve got a better handle on how to choose a car.
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Double standards and historical illiteracy
People should be less concerned with their holier-than-thou misjudgments of our history and be more active in learning their own.
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The surge in Iraq
Parts of 3 Nephi and 4 Nephi in the Book of Mormon describe to perfection what the New York Times was saying Bush had missed – until the surge in Iraq was begun in 2007 and which, today, seems to have been a rousing success.
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Silly stereotypes
I assumed that at some point an old man would see us walking up the dirt road in front of his house, peer at us cautiously, and with a thick accent say, "I don’t rightly cotton much to Yankees – but you seem like good boys. Sit a spell, and tell me about your family."
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