New Harmony: Strengthening links that bind faiths

Published: Wednesday, Sept. 5 2012 5:00 a.m. MDT

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As The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to make headway and headlines, many members of the church wonder how they are coming across to the rest of America.

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sharrona

layton, UT

RE: The era of "Bible bashes" and dust-ups over doctrine needs to come to a close . “…all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt...( Joseph Smith History).

The Christian More..

1:20 p.m. Sept. 5, 2012
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Craig Clark

Boulder, CO

"We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may." - Joseph Smith

2:03 p.m. Sept. 5, 2012
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Twin Lights

Louisville, KY

As always, Mr. Johnston is quite right.

One very minor quibble. As a former Catholic, I see much in the traditions of Catholicism that are, to me, very ancient shadows of the faith I now practice.

11:10 a.m. Sept. 5, 2012
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Jerry Earl Johnston

Jerry Earl Johnston is a former Deseret News staffer who currently freelances columns for Mormon Times and the Faith page. Hes from Brigham City, Utah, where he and wife Carol still live. They have a blended family of more ..

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