Mormon

Relations between the Mormons and the government did not improve in the next three years. Territorial officials resigned.

Approximately six in 10 Mormons have had at least some college education, compared with half of the general U. S. population.

The governor of Illinois ordered the Mormons to leave his state. He said only this would prevent further violence.

Pray too for the Mormons. Ask God to help them see the deceptiveness of their faith and be able to accept Christ as the only Truth.

And the overarching objection seems to be that Mormons are "outside the Christian denominational mainstream, " as Mr Goldberg puts it.

For many of Mesa's conservative Mormons, not to mention the rest of the population, all this started seeming excessive.

He urged the Mormons not to leave the land they had worked so hard to build.

The Mormons welcomed Cumming, but continued their preparations to leave. Cumming called a public meeting.

Mormons are no longer polygamous, but they do believe that people can attain "godhood" and that the dead can be baptised .

The very early Mormons were quite liberal for their time: their neighbours in Missouri complained that they did not own slaves.

DOUG JOHNSON: So what do Mormons think of all this attention? Dale Jones is a spokesman for the LDS church.

People who did not agree with the beliefs of the Mormons did not like them.

I've learned that mainstream Mormons have complex feelings about this underground life.

Forced to migrate west to the frontier, the Mormons established a prosperous settlement in what is now the State of Utah.

The Mormons wasted no time. Two hours after arriving, they began to prepare the ground for planting.

After I moved to New York, it would've been easier for me to date only Mormons, who'd understand.

Mormons also obey strict prohibitions on alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea and promote education and a vigorous work ethic.

Mormons were hounded out of the Eastern states, and persecuted in the West until they abandoned polygamy.

One exception was Utah, a state largely settled in its early days by Mormons, who have always taken such matters seriously.

But a visit to suburban Salt Lake City shows how members of the church, or Mormons, live out their faith at home.

Smith's translation of these tablets became the Book of Mormon, the holy scripture of Mormons .

A century and a half ago, relations between Mormons and their neighbours were often bloody.

Many Mormons died in the cold, harsh winter months as they made their way over the Rocky Mountains to Utah.

Once Brigham Young and his band of 148 Mormons had found "the place, " more than 70, 000 Mormons decided to follow.

Ignoring several claimants to the church leadership, the majority of Mormons supported Young, who became the church's second president.

The Mormons then formed their own territorial government with a legislature and courts.

Jeff : Maybe. Or maybe worse. And they better not catch you with me, either. The worst part of hell is reserved for ex - Mormons like me.

THIS is not the place to commemorate the trials and privations endured by the immigrant Mormons before they came to their final haven.

On those plates he found writings from an ancient American civilization. Mormons say he translated those words into English.

The split led to violence and public opposition to the Mormons. Smith was arrested and put in jail.

I've been at parties where Muslims and Mormons felt extremely uncomfortable because people (including bosses) kept pressuring them to drink.

Its history is entangled with America's. Like American settlers, Mormons were pioneers who travelled far for religious freedom.

We gave away at least seven Book of Mormons.

This week on our series, we discuss relations between the Mormons and the federal government.

Beyond that, most Christians have additional beliefs and the denominations may set their own standards for membership, as indeed Mormons do.

On questions about the Bible and Christianity, the groups that answered the most right were Mormons and white evangelical Protestants.

But Mormons have always professed their faith to be Christian, and there is a consensus, I think, that they believe themselves to be so.

And there were charges that Mormons were responsible for Indian attacks on some officials.

The university is owned by the Church of the Latter Day Saints, (the Mormons).

BARBARA KLEIN: The Mormons may be best known for keeping ancestry records, and not just records of Mormons.

Others, however, laughed at some of the beliefs of the Mormons.

Mormons believe the angel handed Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism , golden tablets.

There were charges that Mormons had burned the papers of the Supreme Court of the territory.

But strife with non-Mormons in the area led to killings and the burning of Mormon property.

There the Mormons hoped to establish a commonwealth where they could practice their religion without persecution.

To find tensions between Mormons and non-Mormons, you have to go where the two groups compete for power.

A negotiated settlement was reached in 1858, and Cummings, the new governor, eventually became popular with the Mormons.

In Utah , the Mormons had to survive in a harsh desert climate.

Those who scored the highest were atheists and agnostics, as well as two religious minorities: Jews and Mormons.

Many non-Mormons passed through the Salt Lake area on their way to the gold fields. Some of them stayed.

Mainstream Mormons are sometimes confused with such groups.

Since Mormons have few unhealthy vices, their leaders are typically very old: Gordon Hinckley, the current president, is 97.

The church split when Joseph Smith said that Mormons could have more than one wife.

Mr Goldberg also reports that Mr Mouw reckons that "many Mormons are moving toward more Christ-centered modes of worship. "

Only Mormons (43 percent) and Jehovah's Witnesses (18 percent) lack a majority willing to give assent to multiple interpretations.

What Joseph Smith founded, Young preserved, leading the Mormons to their promised land.

Consider the Millerds, a family of Mormons who live not far from the Allens in south-west Georgia. They have eight children.

In addition, American Christianity includes sizeable numbers of Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.

LDS spokesman Dale Jones says Mormons place great importance on the role of the family.

Meanwhile, the Mormons ended their long pilgrimage in Utah.

Christians from other churches can keep everything they have, he says, but if they become Mormons they will get something extra.

Mormons are no longer a majority in Salt Lake City: with large families, they tend to live in the suburbs.

He stresses the good relations Mormons enjoy with other churches, and the values they share.

That makes the godless less popular than Muslims, Mormons or gays.

This view of kinship helps explain why Mormons are so interested in genealogy.

Only 53% of non-Mormon Americans think Mormons are Christian, despite the words "Jesus Christ" in the church's name.

Mormons are also one of the best-behaved groups in America.

While this might not necessarily be madness, it was about the Mormons.

At first, the Mormons were ruled only by the laws of their church and by their leader.

But under the standard given above, Mormons are clearly Christians.

Many Mormons like the idea that one of their own might become president.

I was in a remote desert town, with very old-school Mormons.

Mormons worked hard. They helped each other and shared with those in need.

In addition to service in the priesthood, many Mormons accept the call to missionary work.

Leaving 6, 000 in graves along the way, the Mormons were searching for religious freedom.

It was settled by Mormons in 849 and is the seat of Brigham Young University (established 875). Population, 8', 835.

Millenialism is also a prominent teaching in pseudo-Christian cults such as the Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Wave after wave of Mormons followed.

Many religious practices (such as polygamy, once practised by Mormons) are clearly illegal.

Mormons: If shit happens, the Church gets 10%.

Jun: No wonder there are so many Mormons! I had no idea.

The vast majority of Mormons (76 percent) live in the West, with the highest concentration in the state of Utah.

Do you believe that Mormons have all of it?

Mormons account for 1. 7% of the adult population.

And third, he highlights the beliefs Mormons share with other Christians, such as that Jesus Christ is the saviour of mankind.

But as Mormons, many of Utah's politicians have either been in Latin America as missionaries in their youth or have loved ones who were.

An important minority of Mormons, for example, rejected Young's leadership and remained in the Midwest.

We can say what the Mormons, the Jehovah's Witnesses and Muslim believe.

That is a big problem for gay Mormons, but less so for gay gentiles with Mormon neighbours.