Mormons Essay

1 Running head: HOW CAN BOOK OF MORMON STUDY BE MOST EFFECTIVE? How Can Book Of Mormon Study Be Most Effective? Jeremy Prete BYU-Idaho English 301 How Can Book Of Mormon Study Be Most Effective? Introduction We live in a time unlike any other. The earth is flooded with information and technology, things to learn and ways to learn ; however our world is also completely inundated with chaos and confusion. Most of us have some hard questions in the back of our minds — the kind that no one else can really

The Utopian Movement consisted of several communities searching for a utopia, an ideal society. The communities were the Amana Society, New Harmony, Brook Farm, Oneida Community, Shakers and Mormons. The ones I found the most interesting were the Oneida Community and the Mormons. What interested me about the Oneida Community was not that they were all for group marriage and free love, what I found interesting about the community was how they adapted so quickly into a manufacturing community. I assumed

one Mormon friend growing up, I was never aware of her community’s belief system. Upon further exploration, I stumbled upon the Latter-Day Saints Student Association which provided me the ideal setting to explore the Mormon faith further. While I did not know any concrete information about the Mormon faith before I began my research for this assignment, I did have numerous assumptions about the community

My genealogy is full of devout Mormons, from my ancestors who fled to Utah in the 1850's down to my own parents. My family is adamant in the Mormon Church’s truthfulness and, thus, it took me a while to understand that being taught to read from Book of Mormon passages was “odd” and a few years to grasp why my elementary school teacher was befuddled when I answered the test question “Who is our current president?” with Gordon B. Hinckley (church president). My parents were always off put by my lack

1. The Mormon micro culture comes up with many names for a variety of things. This includes G’s, Nicmo, Devo, Scripts, RM, BYU I Do, and Preemie. G’s are garments that are sacred underwear that we wear once we are endowed in the temple, a Nicmo is a non-committing make out session, Devo is short for Devotional in which we have every Tuesday during the semester, Scripts is short for scriptures, an RM is what most girls at the school are attracted to—Returned Missionaries, BYU I Do is something people

In the two-part series, The Mormons, this four hour documentary by Frontline and the American Experience examines the development and growth of the Mormon faith. The documentary explores both the history and the present reality of the Mormon faith, allowing the viewer inside the compelling and often misunderstood religion. The first part of this documentary explores the birth of Mormonism and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the charismatic leadership of Joseph

between Christians and Mormons are very different. Some would say that they are different because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a cult. There has been great debate about whether or not the LDS church is a cult or part of the Christian religion. People believe that Mormonism is a cult, mostly because of the very different theology between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and biblical teachings. Mormonism holds authority to The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants

Pioneers that travelled across the Great Plains would often run into trouble and suffer terrible deaths. The Donner Party was one of those parties; however, the story connected to the name is much more infamous than others. It is a story of suffering, betrayal, survival, and acts of necessity. Perhaps the most interesting fact about these acts is that they were performed by everyday farmers, traders, and businessmen. The reasons for these acts were, more than likely, out of the will to survive, but

While we left Independence, some of us had a problem when we just left Independence. A 59 year old grandmother of the Cline Family had gone sick somehow and the rest of the family is taking care of her and I hope that she will get well soon, I know that she is going to be okay, I wish that she won’t have anything that might kill her. Anyway, while we are on our journey we just met Kansas River before reaching Alcove Springs. So we had to buy a raft to cross the river which cost 1 dollar. Otherwise

history is known now as the Book of Mormon and set Smith's religion apart from other Christians. Violence broke out between the Mormons and the non-Mormons when Smith led his people to the prophesied City of Zion, in Independence, Missouri, sometimes called "New Jerusalem". When they arrived in Jackson County, the Mormons already had preconceived notions that the non-Mormons were their enemies, because it was revealed in Doctrine and Covenants, another Mormon