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LDS have largest families in U.S.
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If not, then certainly narcissistic (look at what it says about me!)...how sad.
Going from 3 to 6 is a 200% gain. Going from 100 to 103 is a 3% gain. Hmmmm.
Not enough coffee this early in the morning. My apologies if that is what I wrote concerning percentages.
That having been said, I guess if you want to appeal to a larger segment of the American population as has been suggested, maybe look at the product. I think there's some tweaking necessary.
I cant believe I just read that worth-less article. Now I am waisting even more time writing this comment. I could be off "multiplying and replenishing the earth".
call me crazy but I never understood what we are "replenishing", I dont think that the earth ever had such a population, so how can we "replenish". I dont think mormons know what that word means.
After years of struggling through college and graduate school at the major Utah schools, I understand how difficult it is to be a married student with children. I know what it is like to question if we could continue to the next semester due to extreme under-funding. (I once adjusted Ezra Taft Benson�s assistantship for inflation, while I was a graduate student at USU back in the late 80s and found that his was worth approximately $853 compared to my $650 per month.)
It seems as though if we were true to our religion, we would make education a greater priority in our personal, church and community lives. We would make the appropriate sacrifices personally, as a church, and a nation to make sure that anyone who desires an education can pursue it without the prospects of risking malnourishment.
Deaf Guy
If mormons are so racist, why to people of other races adhere to mormonism more than other christian religions?
Pull your head out of the sand. Welfare Square and the Bishops Storehouse are full of young marrieds with 4, 5, and 6 kids they can't feed and provide the bare necessities for.
When was the last time you couldn't send one of your kids to school with a lunch or lunch money? It happens all the time in Utah. You say "families are great" because if you didn't you would be living the "gospel". Wise up.
By the way, Lionheart said, "The order to 'replenish the earth' was because the world population had been decimated by the flood." Um. No. The order was to Adam and Eve; the flood happened much, much later.
Obviously, Hindus are self-selecting: They are in America because of getting or having education. Jews in America are descendants of immigrants a century ago who were not college educated but honored learning, much like the Buddhists (Japanese and other Asians) whose first generation ancestors were mainly farmers but whose second and third generations have become doctors, attorneys and engineers. The expansion in LDS college graduates began in the 1960s with the Boomer generation, as Utah transformed from an economy based on agriculture, mining and steel production to more technical products and services.
I can understand the "welfare" families being a burden, but that is a tiny fraction of the large families in the church.
Second: Mountain Gorillas??? Liberal Larry, perhaps liberals will one day become extinct...we can only hope.
Amen.
---sincererly, single male over 30.
There is no selfishness in sacrificing for and taking care of your children. You and others with large families (that are provided with the necessities of life) have nothing to be ashamed of whatsoever. You have nothing to apologize for. All I can say to people like you is, congratulations. Enjoy your blessings.
Well, considering that black Americans couldn't hold the preisthood until 1978, I think that we are fortunate to have ANY members from these countries or origins as part of this church.
Hasten the day.
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