Proud to be Mormon

A new study coming out of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., indicates that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are predominantly Republican, overwhelmingly white, well-educated, prosperous and have larger-than-average families. The study also found that Mormon women are less likely to work outside the home than other American women. Surprised? Probably...

Despite all the distractions around them, Latter-day Saints can see to it that Christ is at the center of their Christmas celebration, said President Thomas S. Monson on Dec. 4. "I, with you, have witnessed during the past few days and weeks what has become over the years the annual commercialization of Christmas," said President Monson during the annual First Presidency Christmas...

They gather twice each year — once on the Provo, Utah, campus of Brigham Young University and once at the Fuller Theological Seminary main campus in Pasadena, Calif. Evangelical Christians and Mormons. Together. In the same room. Talking about religion. And — believe it or not — getting along famously. "Our meetings are extremely cordial," said Dr. Robert L. Millet, former...

How can we know that during these times we are not abandoned or forsaken, but that Heavenly Father is there?...

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Even setting aside its doctrinal richness and its vital importance as a second witness for the Savior Jesus Christ, the Book of Mormon is a strikingly complex document — far more so, probably, than most of its readers realize. It features hundreds of individual characters, many of them bearing quite uncommon names, who belong to a multitude of groups, subgroups and small factions....

Here is a list of Mormons currently playing in the NFL: John Beck, QB, Redskins, BYU Austin Collie, WR, Colts, BYU Chris Cooley, TE, Redskins, Utah State *Christian Cox, LB, Patriots, Utah *Kevin Curtis, WR, Titans, Utah State Stewart Bradley, LB, Cardinals, Nebraska John Denney, LS, Dolphins, BYU Jonathan Fanene, DL, Bengals, Utah *Max Hall, QB, Cardinals, BYU Todd...

Horace Greeley “I do not believe there was ever a religion whereof the great mass of the adherents were not honest and sincere.” Sir Richard F. Burton, translator of Arabian Nights and agent for the East India Company Of his visit to Salt Lake and his conversation with Brigham Young, he said, “When conversation began to flag, we rose up, shook hands, as is the custom here,...

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