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CNN has posted a history of bias against Sikhs - more reason for people to learn about religions before they attack anyone:...
Sikh temple shooting unfolding, learn about Sikhism here: http://t.co/A0ltLLIm
Sikh temple shooting unfolding, learn about Sikhism here: http://t.co/l3KrAJZf
Hackers group Anonymous takes down Vatican website: http://t.co/B6lbGAVp
WGN-TV calls doomsday prophecies "an illusion": http://t.co/mv8Gzyw7
RT @graceishuman: Really,? Asking people JUST LEAVING the service how they felt about it? Tacky, tacky, inappropriate
Whitney Houston's funeral service really took the world to church. Love Pastor Winans' honesty, very moving.
#teacher ? Here are appropriate responses to situations with your Jehovah's Witness student: http://t.co/A6UfqcgH
#Teachers: Want to know why your Jehovah's Witness student won't say the pledge and how to respond? http://t.co/EIdlgDwW
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On January 27, 2008, Mormon President Gordon B. Hinckley died at the age of 97.
Yesterday, the Church of Latter-Day Saints (nicknamed the “Mormon Church”) named Thomas S. Monson, 80, as the new president. Monson will be the 16th president and will remain in his office until his death, as is expected of all LDS Church presidents. He takes over at a time when Mormons seem to be getting more press than usual (with Mitt Romney’s candidacy in the presidential race) and when the LDS Church seems to be growing rapidly.
Mormon presidents have a lot of “say” and a lot of power over adherants. They are considered prophets and thus have the ability to change church laws and direct LDS beliefs. In the past, presidents have outlawed polygamy and allowed African Americans into the church. They have also published a number of revelations directing the belief system of followers.
To learn more about Mormons, check out one of my previous posts explaining the religion here, and watch for my upcoming article about the LDS Church in the winter issue of Relate magazine.
(Pictured above: Monson, at the time he was a first counselor to Hinckley; Hinckley, center, during his presidency; James Faust, right, the second counselor to Hinckley)
