How to Spot a Mormon (*I originally wrote this back in 2012, but I think it's still mostly relevant. I will add that nowadays devout members of my church like to go by "members of the Church of Jesus Christ" rather than Mormons as we follow Jesus Christ while Mormon is the name of a prophet who collected writings that he collated into the Book of Mormon. Still important, but not who we worship.) Mormons are in the news a lot these days. Mitt Romney is at the forefront with his presidential campaign, for one. There’s also the Book of Mormon musical, which people are going to see either because the Mormon lifestyle is seen as entertaining, and even laughable or because of simple curiosity. Being a Mormon myself, I’m going to assume it’s the latter. People I know seem more curious to know more about me and my church, especially with these two big events that are going on in our society right now. I noticed just the other day that the term “ Mormon ” was at the to...
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