Hal Boyd: Mormon gospel not money gospel: A reply to new essay on Mormonism from Harper's Magazine
Mormonism is a faith that continues to grow and receive visibility in the media — the hope of many is that over the next 100 years magazines will continue to make a concerted effort to truly understand what the faith believes and advocates before dedicating a feature article to the subject. As Theodore Roosevelt put it more than a century ago, "There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a benefactor every writer ... in book, magazine or newspaper, (who) with merciless severity makes such attack, provided always that he in his turn remembers that the attack is of use only if it is absolutely truthful."
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Yeah it does cost a lot of money to "have the horsepower on hand to create a rebuttal to every negative press article"--so thank goodness for the FOR-Profit side of the Church like Deseret News. Which, by the way, you More..
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Marxist - The church has no official stance on any of the things you mentioned. They are for the eternal salvation of our souls, not for politics. They stress self-reliance, living within your means, and helping the poor. The church has its own More..