...Sydney Coslett Article Reflection 5 I read the article, “The Polygamists” by Scott Anderson. I thought this article was very interesting. This article focused on the Mormon religion, specifically Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints. This religion is a branch off of Christianity and has some similar beliefs as other Christians but the most interesting thing about Mormons is that the men have multiple wives. They believe in polygamy and the wives call themselves “sister-wives.” At first I thought this religion was very odd. I thought that it almost sounded cult-like instead of it being a religion. The interesting thing about the followers of this religion is that they know people think it is odd. A friendly Mormon woman, Joyce Broadbent, said, “I know it seems weird to outsiders, but from my experience, sister wives usually get along very well. Oh sure, you may be closer to one than another or someone may get on your nerves occasionally, but that’s true in any family. I’ve never felt any rivalry or jealousy at all.” I found this statement very interesting. I first thought it was interesting that she notices that polygamy seems odd to outsiders. Much of the time, I believe that people may be ignorant to their beliefs and think that it is the norm and everyone else is odd or out of the loop. I thought this statement was interesting also because to think that someone has to compete for their husband’s attention with other wives is just a foreign thought...
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...Rather than judging it, this paper will attempt to achieve a greater understanding of the religion in its context in the Christian religious tradition and the American religious tradition. In 1820, according to the Mormon faith, Joseph Smith (1806-1844) prayed to God to ask him for a sign that would tell him what church he ought to join. Instead, Jesus Christ and God appeared to the young man and told him he ought to found what the Mormon Church is today. Smith was fourteen at the time, a farmer from the region of western New York known as the "burned-over district" because of its unrelenting religious enthusiasm. (All About Mormons Website) Mormons believe that this revelation to Smith was similar to that of God to Saul. They refer to Smith as “The Prophet” because his revelation was transmitted to him directly by God. It was not reached through the intellect, but through accessing the divine itself through religious experience. Smith put his teachings into a new book, called The Book of Mormon, which he published in 1830. This text became the foundation for his new religion. The Book of Mormon is not a reflection upon the sacred texts of the Bible, bur rather like the New Testament...
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...The Mormon Culture ETH-123 The Mormon Culture I decided to do my final report on the Mormon religion “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” I myself and not Mormon and don’t really have a religious preference, I find myself fascinated with the religion. One of the things that I find fascination is The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Not only is the one of the oldest choirs it is also one of the more famous as well. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs in more than 28 countries and in multiple cities around the US. One of the biggest things the Mormon religion tried to instill on every member is leading by example. This is a practice that most members of the church try to follow. Some of the things include cursing, drinking, smoking and pretty much anything that is bad for their bodies. Mormons believe that by leading by example they are spreading good to others so that they make the right choices. I feel that the reason that the Mormon religion is criticized so much is due to the face that people that practice other religions take this as a threat to try to change what they believe in. Food supply is another very big part of the Mormon culture. For years the Church has counseled their members to build a year supply of food and other necessary supplies in case of emergencies or if tragedy were to strike. To prepare for this there are certain guideline that need to be followed. These include mostly of nonperishable items like grains and other dried foods such...
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...start in the 1820’s with the then leader Joseph Smith. This movement took place in upstate New York. Brigham Young took over after Smiths death and had the movement follow him to Utah. Utah may be the Headquarters for The Mormon Religion but there are more Mormons living outside the United States then in the USA. Most Mormons will call them selves as Christian even though many of their beliefs differ from what is normally considered Christianity. Mormons do believe in the Bible, but the one book that most people associate with Mormons is The Book of Mormon. Mormons believe that returning to God after death requires following the good deeds that Jesus Christ had done. You must also accept his atonement through baptism. Within the Mormon faith there is different several different groups. Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, formally known as Latter-day Saints, accounts for over 99% of Mormons. Former Latter-day Saints who seek to disassociate themselves from the religion are often referred to as Ex-Mormons. Fundamentalist Mormons these are the Mormons that broke off of the LDS over the issue of polygamy. Liberal Mormons; Liberal Mormons often times call progressive Mormons will take an revealing approach to LDS teachings They look to the scriptures for spiritual guidance, but do not necessarily believe them. Cultural Mormons are individuals who do not believe some (or many) of the doctrines of LDS Church, but who self-identify as Mormon. Morons...
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...The ethnic group that I chose are Asian (Asian descent) The first settlement that is recorded is of Filipinos migrating to America in 1763. They came to America by escaping the imprisonment aboard Spanish galleons. When they escaped the Spanish galleons they fled into the bayous of Louisiana. As stated in the Ancestors in the Americas: Asian America history timeline, In the 1830s Chinese were "sugar masters" working in Hawaii. There were also Chinese sailors and peddlers in New York. Ancestors in the Americas: Asian America History Timeline, as retrieved from http://www.cetel.org/timeline.html A resource from one of the largest, up to date survey, which is the American Religious Identification surveys shows that not one religion can claim the majority for the Asian American Community. It shows a 27% of Asian Americans follow Eastern Religions such as Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Sikh. This report also shows that 17% of the Asian Community is Catholic. This percentage has declined from 27% in 1990. The Asian Nation website states, “Chinese Americans are the oldest and largest ethnic group of Asian ancestry in the United States. They have endured a long history of migration and settlement that dates back to the late 1840s…”, Lai, E., Arguelles, D. (2012) The New Face of Asian Pacific America: retrieved from http://www.asian-nation.org/chinese.shtml. Most Chinese immigrants arrived in the United States as contract labor. First in Hawaii for plantation followed by mining...
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...SOC 1010 I decided to watch a Ted Talk about gender inequality within a church. I felt that I could relate to this one the most because growing up in Utah is an automatic submersion into the religion. In this talk, Chelsea Shields speaks about how she was raised in the LDS church and she watched women get excluded from high positions her whole life. Chelsea's main goal is to make a change in the church and have women start to climb the ladder. This article related most to chapter 10 in our book about gender. There was a large section talking about how gender inequality to women has always been a problem and this video proves that it is still going on today. Chelsea is determined to change that. Chelsea also talked about how the church is held to a different standard than any other business. She put it in perspective of if a large corporation said no woman could hold a position of high power, then there would be rage. But the fact that a church can say it and no one has challenged it yet, is a major problem of gender inequality. The best point that I believe Chelsea made was that we accept things in our religious life that we would never accept in our secular life. This statement brings in the conflict perspective on religion from chapter 13. This Ted Talk was a great look into the gender inequality debate because Chelsea was really able to explain the problems with the world accepting it in religion, and being outraged about it in corporations and the...
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...Federal Lawsuits and Sexual Assault: Wider Implications Senjon S. Vann Professor Mark B. Pullin, J.D. Legal Aspects of Business I - Law 304 (21106) 18OCT2011 Introduction When lawsuits occur on a federal level, a degree of national notoriety is common. The media seizes on the most controversial and/or disturbing cases, and public reaction becomes an actual presence in the trial process. Even as courts and juries enact protections to preserve the integrity of the trial procedure, it is then inevitable that the public is reaching conclusions of its own, which must go to radically affecting the lives of those concerned. In cases of sexual assault, it appears that a verdict of innocent is by no means an end to the defendant's ordeal, for the widespread knowledge of the accusations may easily create virtually unlivable circumstances for the acquitted party. In other words, in cases when federal lawsuits involve the horrific aspects of sexual abuse, it seems that the damage from the process provides a form of punishment for even those found innocent. This is illustrated in a comparison of two recent federal lawsuits centered on sexual assault. If the trial and subsequent prison sentence placed on convicted rapist Warren Jeffs served to appease a public eager to see him punished, so too has that same, public feeling rendered life for Julian Wendrow, found innocent of the charge of raping his teenage daughter, extremely difficult. In the arena of sex...
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...* Moronism * Founder is joseph smith * Born In the US in 1805 to a protestant family * Had many jobs all over doing different things on farms as apprentice * Was conflicted on what form of religion was true * In 1820 he received a vision of god and jesus saying that none of the religions around were true * He recieves a second vision. An angle named Moroni appears and tells him of a lost history that took place in north america and it was recorded on golden tablets buried in the hills in new york * Next several years he hold odd jobs and digs whole in the hills until the angle leads him to the tablets. * He then translates the tablets * With the tablets were two stones burried with them which were blessed and enabled him to read the tablets * He spoke them aloud and the transcription is published as the book of mormon * After the translation the tablets and the stones were taken into heaven by god * Story get published in 1830 * When it came out it was widely accepted as true * Story of a military leader named mormon * Starts in the 400 BCE * There is a man born in jeruslaem who is chosen by god the man named lehi, he says trust in me and ill take u to a new land * He packs up belonging and follows god boards an ocean and sales to the west the the promise land god has given him...
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...their day off from work, let alone spend three hours there. Although it was long, it was extremely informative and the speakers were quite impressive given the fact that they were not paid for their time spent preparing or giving their sermons. This was one of the things that really blew all my preconceived ideas about religious worship. I thought that all religious clergy were in it for the money but, in fact, no Mormon clergy are paid for their service. And another thing I learned from my time spent in the church was that the “Mormons” prefer to be referred to as “Latter Day Saints.” Latter Day Saints, I thought, was a little over the top but after asking about it, I learned that the official name of the church is “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.” This was a bit confusing to me at first, but I found out from a lady I was sitting next to in the Sunday school class that Mormons are Christians and that they believe the term Saint to mean...
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...7 December 2010 Mormonism: Cult or Religious Movement? Mormonism is one of the fastest growing religions in the world today. When it first was founded in 1830 there were only six members. A month later this number had grown to forty members. Currently there are estimated to be over 13,824,854 members in the entire world ("Newsroom "). After observing the belief systems of Mormonism one could argue that it contains more similarities to that of a cult compared to that of a new religious movement. Before comparing Mormonism to a cult, a definition must be laid down. A cult, according to Dr. Walter R. Martin as quoted in Edmond Gruss’s book entitled Cults and the Occult, is “the Adherence to major doctrines which are pointedly contradictory to orthodox Christianity, yet which claim the distinction of either tracing their origin to orthodox sources or of being in essential harmony with those sources. Cultism, in short, is any major deviation from orthodox Christianity relative to the cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith” (Gruss 3). Anthony Hoekema calls cults the “unpaid bills of the church” (Hoekema 1). Hoekema also goes on to say that cults sometimes arise because they believe “established churches have failed to emphasize certain important aspects of religious life, or have neglected certain techniques or values.” ( 1) Many times cults either contain all or some of the following ten characteristics. The first characteristic they usually contain is the importance...
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...My Story by Santos R Domingo Join Us A little about Santos ... Corner Stone Ward is hosting a fireside. We are excited to invite you to join us to listen to Brother's amazing story of conversion and faith. Sunday, September 30th 6:30pm Cheyenne Stake Center Chapel 309 Western Hills Blvd. Sunday attire preferred Santos, known as Santo to those who know and love him, born August 6, 1961 in Morrill, NE, has been a member of the church since 29 November 1981, when he was baptized in Chadron, NE. After hearing the missionaries on a dare, he was baptized after coming back from Thanksgiving break. Disowned by his family, Santo began a life of church service filled with the same energy that made him a National Champion cross country runner, the first Nebraska high school student to be 5-star National Thespian in speech, and debate champion. Leadership callings came quickly, being called as Ward Mission Leader and My friend, Santo, is then Ward Clerk. someone you should get to know Bishopric Counselor and as you do, you will for 2 Bishops in love him as I do. Houston came next, followed by Stake Clerk Bishop Brandon Taylor and High Council. The High Council calling lasted only 2 weeks before he was called as Bishop at age 28, just 7 years after being baptized. The next 5 years and 8 months as Bishop brought so much joy as over 240 people joined the church by baptism. A move to Florida brought some successes and some...
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...Timothy Graham African American History African American relations with the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints. In 1842, Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was asked by the editor of the Chicago Democrat, Joseph Wentworth, to summarize the basic principles of the newly founded religion. Included in the response, Smith presented thirteen declarations which have collectively become to be knows as the “Articles of Faith”. The thirteenth of these articles states the following: “We believe in being hones, true, chaste, benevolent, and in doing good to all men. Indeed we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.[i] It regard to the treatment of Americans of African descent, it is no secret that the nation, at large, treated individuals with great contempt. The question is whether or not this new faith group was any different. How did treatment of African Americans among the Saints differ from that of the general population of the United States during the period from 1830, the church’s founding, to the end of the century? What was the LDS church’s position on slavery and did practice follow policy among members of a church founded on the principles of “faith, hope, and charity”?[ii] And...
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...Religion and Ethnic Diversity Denise McDonald ETH/125 July 12th, 2015 Ramona Taitano Loughran Religion and Ethnic Diversity Everyone in the world comes from different backgrounds, has different religions, and overall has different beliefs, morals, and views. I am white with a Roman Catholic religious background. I will be discussing the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) religion as well as the Pacific Islander (Polynesian Descent) ethnic group. It will show the differences that these two groups face when compared to other religions and ethnic groups. According to Biola Magazine (1996-2015),” the overwhelming emphasis in the Mormon scriptures is on earning salvation through obedience to commandments and refraining from sin”. In most other religions you are born with original sin and in the Mormon religion, they do not believe that. Sin does not occur until a person is old enough to be held accountable around the age of seven and older. In the Catholic religion, we are taught that it is “The father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit” whereas in the Mormon religion it is “The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost”. A majority of the Christian population believe that Mormons are not Christian while Mormons disregard that and state that they are. Non-Mormons still believe that Mormons still participate in Polygamy even though it has not occurred since the 1860’s. Many people believe that Mormons spend a lot of their time as teens walking door to door to try to recruit people to come...
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...Interview of a Mormon… By: Amy Stone Hum/130 Due: 8/16/15 Instructor: Michael Merez In my study of the Mormon religion I found out they feel that some of the scriptures of the Bible are written incorrectly. They also believe that Adam was not made of the dust of the earth that he was God and the father of Jesus Christ. Their belief also believes there are “different levels in the afterlife”. They are as followed: A. The Celestial Kingdom B. The Terrestrial Kingdom C. The Telestial Kingdom D. The Outer Darkness… They also believe that Jesus was born of Mary, but as a virgin. They are taught that God and Mary had a “physical relationship. Also believe and are taught “Salvation can be earned by faith and good works”. This is not true in order to be saved you need to ask forgiveness for your sins. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and what he did on the Cross for your sins, and confess your sins. A brief history of the founder Joseph Smith Jr. in 1820 claimed he had a “vision from God telling him all Christianity was an abomination in their site and he was not to join any”. When he told others about his vision they “persecuted him”. He was 15 at this time. In 1823 when he was 18 he met “the angel Moroni “the glorified son of one Mormon”. Moroni came to Joseph “three times” and said to him to look for Gold-Plates on a hill in Palmyra, but to wait four years before he took them and not to show the tablets to...
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...Emmeline Blanche Wells was born on February 29, 1828 in Petersham, Massachusetts. At age 15 Emmeline got married to her first husband. After her first child died, her husband left town for good never to come back. She found a passion for writing poetry and being a school teacher. Ms. Wells then decided to re-marry to Newell K. Whitney. They then ventured west to Utah with the Mormon pioneers. Within a month of traveling Newell died, he left behind Emmeline and their two daughters. Emmeline had a very hard time supporting her daughters and being a widow traveling to Utah. She then wrote a letter to Newell’s best friend. She asked him to marry her and he accepted, becoming his seventh wife. Em became the editor of The Women’s Exponent. This was the first women’s magazine west of the Mississippi River. Em was Utah’s representative for the National Women’s Suffrage Association. She was also the president of the LDS women organization called Relief Society. Em was called to do a project by the president of the LDS church. The project was that she would store grain (the grain was brought in by many farmers) in case it was needed in difficult times. This project was for long term purposes. It was a big success all over Utah. She even provided grain for the starving Europeans at the end of World War 1. Later on, close to the end of Em’s life she met the the President of the America, Ronald Reagan in Washington. Emmeline B. Wells died on April 25, 1921. Emmeline was important...
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