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Unlike what most Europeans think, Mormons
are not Amishs: they do not reject progress, do not wear broad black
hats and do not drive horse carriages. On a daily basis
Mormons dress normally.
What
does a Amish look like?
What does a mormon look
like ?
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Church History
through paintings
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mitt Romney's
Faith in America
Mormons
Exposed: the Calendar
Being Gay in
the Mormon Church
The most
beautiful LDS temples
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The official name of the Mormon Church is
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Saints, and mormons wish to be
called Latter-day Saints, or LDS -- Mormon being just a main character of
their sacred book, the Book of Mormon.
Read the Book of Mormon on line |
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The
Mormon Church was founded in 1830 by Joseph Smith and is the only faith born on US soil and still active to this
day. Its administrative and religious headquaters have been established
in Salt Lake City, Utah since the mid-19th century.
Photos of Salt Lake City -
Utah
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Mormons claim to be christians. The goal
of the Church is to prepare Christ's return to earth (also know as the Millenium) which they predict will occur in America very soon.
Are Mormons Christians?
Mormon chronology of world's end
/ millennialism
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Although mormonism
is considered as a fraud or a cult by many other christian faiths in the
US, the freedom of religion garanteed by the US constitution makes it a
legal faith. In Europe -- where mormonism is hardly known -- the
authorities of many countries consider it to be cultist.
The mormon Church in France and French speaking countries
What Americans think about mormons
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The pairs of perfectly broomed young men, dressed
up in white
shirts and dark suits, and that you sometimes see walking the streets
with a black book in their hands are probably mormon missionairies.
What does a Mormon missionary look like ?
One million missionaries since Chruch's creation
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Mormons consider that it is possible to
offer the(ir) gospel to the dead, which is why the Church organizes
baptism ceremonies for those passed-away. This has developed the
church's interest in family history and it is now a leader in genealogy.
Their site FamilySearch.org has become a reference site.
Mormons and genealogy
80 billion new names soon on line |
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Latter-day Saints abandoned the
practice of polygamy in 1890. Those
who keep practicing it are fundamentalists rejected by the LDS Church
and belong to or create alternative movements.
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A good mormon drinks no alcohol, no
coffee (cafeine) or tea , does not smoke,
eats as healthy as possible, and gives a tenth of his earning (tithing)
to the Church.
Read the word of Wisdom
Find out more about tithing |
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The LDS church claims 13 million members (bapized
members) worldwide and is experiencing an exponential growth.
Since the 1990s, the majority of them have lived outside US borders.
Chruch gorwth statistics |
