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Candidates' Mormonism allows them to take pro-science stand
“To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy." For Jon Huntsman Jr.'s fledgling presidential campaign, that was the Tweet heard 'round the world; the bold declaration that finally gave the oft-forgotten candidate a little traction in the 2012 race. But while commentators are gleefully showering Huntsman with congratulatory titles like “the GOP’s truth-teller,” the punditocracy has overlooked the fact that at least one other Republican presidential candidate has staked out similarly pro-science positions: Huntsman’s fellow Mormon, Mitt Romney.
Is Mormonism a cult?
To many Americans, Mormon theology seems an impenetrable stew of biblical literalism, weird relics and a supernaturalism so aggressive as to border on science fiction, stirred together by a parade of shady self-declared prophets, from the frontier polygamist Joseph Smith to the complacent, dark-suited elders who run the church today. "Plutocratic oligarchs," Harold Bloom labeled them: men (all men; women are barred from participation in the Mormon priesthood) either cynically manipulating the religion for personal gain or themselves taken in. Does this confection make the religion a cult, as commentators as wide on the spectrum as the evangelical Baptist Robert Jeffress and the acerbic atheist Christopher Hitchens have speculated?
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From the Church
Expansion project announced for Kona Hawaii Temple
The square footage of the temple will increase from 9,500 to approximately 12,000.
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From the Church
Pres. Holland posts tender tribute to mothers: ‘Your sacrifice is not unnoticed’
By Emily Linder
President Jeffrey R. Holland recently shared a beautiful thought about honoring mothers.
Latter-day Saint Life
When You're in the Thick of Trials: 3 Tips to Help You Get Through
By Emily Belle Freeman
Have you ever noticed that when people talk about their trials in a public setting, they tend to focus on what happened at the end? They talk about the miracle, the promise, the way it all worked out. It isn’t often that people talk about what happened in the middle of the trial.
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From the Church
First Presidency announces updates to Sunday meeting schedule
By Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The adjustments will strengthen gospel learning in homes and congregations throughout the world.
Famous Latter-day Saints
Watch: Alex Boyé Performs Disney Classics with Tabernacle Choir for Pioneer Concert (+ Shares Incredible Story Behind What Made the Performance Possible)
By LDS Living
Not long ago, a memory photo popped up on Alex Boyé's Facebook feed. It was a picture of him singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. “As I sat there looking at that picture I thought to myself, ‘Boy, I really miss singing with those guys!’” Boyé told the audience of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Pioneer Day Concert on July 14.
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Watch: LDS Brothers Open Their Mission Calls Together on the Same Day
By LDS Living Staff
Brothers Micah and Jasher Hydrick both opened their mission calls on the same day together—and both discovered some pretty exciting news. Just as they learned about their missions on the same day, the two newly called missionaries will also report to their respective MTCs on the same day.
Latter-day Saint Life
Sister Nelson: How Angels Can Help Us More in Our Lives
By Wendy Watson Nelson
One of our hymns teaches us that “angels above us are silent notes taking” of each one of our actions. I’m sure that is true. And when we keep our covenants, they are doing so much more.
Latter-day Saint Life
Cancer Patient Who Received a Visit from President Nelson Passes Away
By Emily Linder
On Monday, May 27th, President Nelson surprised 18-year-old Ashytn Poulsen and her family with a visit to Ashytn's hospital room. Since her diagnoses of acute undifferentiated leukemia in 2013, Ashtyn had endured three bone marrow transplants, defying medical odds all along the way. At the time of President Nelson's visit, she was battling pneumonia and kidney failure at Primary Children's Hospital. One week after her tender meeting with the prophet, Ashtyn peacefully passed away at home.