Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Janelle
Answer: By Janelle**
OK, well let’s start this answer with a confession. I’m a total Trekkie. My favorite Star Trek series were Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. I dream in Sci-Fi; I love to imagine being transported from one part of the globe to another in an instant or take a Caribbean vacation on a [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by mormonwomen
~Answer by Amanda**
Julie talked recently about how members of the LDS (Mormon) church attend meetings for three hours each Sunday. The main meeting, for all ages, is sacrament meeting.
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by mormonwomen
Answer by Michelle**
Do we as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in healing? Absolutely.
Our seventh Article of Faith reads: “We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.”
The scriptures are full of stories of miraculous healings — those performed directly by the [...]
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Posted on February 15th, 2010 by mormonwomen
We recently received this question at our site:
“As part our Midwifery studies we are researching the Mormon religion and any effects it may have during pregnancy and child birth. What are the views on pregnancy, and child birth particularly on medical intervention? Also do you have any particular traditions or beliefs?”
Answer: By Janelle**
I am currently [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by mormonwomen
Question: Do Mormons believe Jesus Christ and Satan are brothers?
Answer by Heidi**
I had the opportunity to answer this question in a high school sociology class. The discussion of the day centered around organized religion, and it wasn’t long before Mormons became the subject of conversation. Suddenly the misconceptions and half-truths I had heard all of [...]
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Posted on February 1st, 2010 by mormonwomen
Question: What are some of the family traditions of the Mormon religion? Are there any rules you have to follow and such?
~Answer by Michelle**
This is a great question. One of the things that I love about being Mormon is the focus on family. We receive guidance and counsel that I feel make a significant difference [...]
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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by mormonwomen
We received this question from a reader:
Hi, I’m currently doing an essay for school on religion. The Church of the Latter Day Saints is one that grabbed my attention. I was wondering what a typical Mormon woman thought of the aspect of polygamy, as it is incredibly difficult to find a comment on the internet [...]
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Posted on January 18th, 2010 by mormonwomen
~ by Janelle
My husband and I have a book keeper for our business who is necessarily privy to our salary information. She and I our friends and she recently saw a check that I had written to the Church. Although she is of a different faith, she knew that Mormons pay 10% of their income [...]
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Posted on January 11th, 2010 by mormonwomen
~By Phoebe
As a woman in my Church I am part of the Relief Society. It is the largest women’s organization in the world. To say that it is highly organized would be an understatement. One of the ways that we reach out and fellowship other women in our congregation is through visiting teaching. Every [...]
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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Julie P
~by Julie**
When my friends find out that we go to church every week for three hours at a time, I get lots of big eyes and replies like “You’re crazy! Why would you do that?!”
I’ll be the first one to admit that some weeks, three hours does feel quite long. Thankfully the three hour [...]
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