More women expected to serve Mormon missions

May 22, 2013 | 05:43 am

Rick Bowmer

Mormon Missionaries

In this Jan. 8, 2013, photo, Mormon missionaries Mikaela Merrill, 19, center, and Harrison Surdu, right, practice their Mandarin Chinese during class at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. The Mormon churchís recent decision to lower the minimum age for missionaries has been greeted with† enthusiasm from many young members of the LDS church -- but especially young women. About half of all new applications to go on missions since the announcement have been from women, the church says. Prior to that, only 15 percent of missionaries were women. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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tededitedit posted at 8:13 pm on Fri, Jan 18, 2013.

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The "Internet Problem"? - "finding information online that challenges church doctrine or that highlights controversial parts of church history, such as polygamy".
Maybe the fast-spreading internet challenge to the LDS claim that Mormons are Christians - a claim not proven by Mormon doctrine (God was flesh and bone), Mormon practices (no crosses allowed yet), and Mormon history (mysterious plates with ANOTHER gospel?), shouldn't be thought of as a problem. Maybe the internet in this case is the real, using a phrase from the article, "hastening of the Lord's work".
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downtownresident posted at 9:12 am on Sat, Jan 19, 2013.

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The last time a cult got this much attention, the leader's name was Jim Jones.[sad]
It would seem that the Mormon cult is the only "religion" recognized by the Tribune.
Who really cares, anyway? It's a cult, people, with its own rules and practices, few of which resemble anything to do with religion, or Christ.
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