Mormon customs.

I heard that a male that has had premarital sex cannot go on a LDS mission, and I know the church raised mission standards, is it true?
by berniece87 on February 12th, 2010 | no answers | in Serving a Mormon mission

What do Mormons do for their 21st birthdays?
by 에가오노겐키 on February 11th, 2010 | one answer | in Mormon customs

Ex LDS - How long were you a member & why did you stop going?
by AndyP on December 10th, 2009 | 2 people like this | one answer | in Conversion to Mormonism

Active LDS - Why did you join the Church and how long have you been a member?
by AndyP on December 10th, 2009 | one answer | in Conversion to Mormonism

A time honored Mormon analogy likens going outside the LdS Church for information about it to asking a Chevy dealer for information on a Ford. Therefore, the BEST source information is CLEARLY the Ford dealer. Do you agree or disagree with this analogy?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on December 5th, 2009 | 4 answers | in Conversion to Mormonism

Did you serve an LDS Mission? If so where did you go?
by AndyP on December 2nd, 2009 | one answer | in Serving a Mormon mission

Has anyone on here seen the video of mormon Glen Beck using "vicks" under his eyes, so he can "cry" on camera shoots?
by Anonymous on November 26th, 2009 | 14 answers | in Mormon missionaries

Why do Mormons like Green Jello with carrot strips in it?
by Mastodon on November 24th, 2009 | 6 answers | in Mormon customs

John Dehlin, who was scandalized by the Guatemalan "Kiddie Baptisms", suggests that an over emphasis on numbers within Mormon Culture has lead to high attrition and inactivity rates. Do you agree? What steps would you take to improve this situation?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on November 22nd, 2009 | one answer | in Serving a Mormon mission

Dr. Ted Lyon, a believing, influential Mormon intellectual asserts that LdS Church Correlation guidelines are often interpreted as "Cultural Imperialism" in Latin America and elsewhere. What steps can be taken to improve this situation outside of the U.S.
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on November 22nd, 2009 | one answer | in Mormon customs

Am I supposed to believe that when Mormons had polygamous marriages there were no lesbian orgies going on?
by OZe on November 8th, 2009 | 7 answers | in Mormon customs

LdS Margaret Toscano on her Excommunication trial: "There's something vicious about niceness that struck me in this -- that the niceness covered over the violence of what was being done, because, in fact, excommunication is a violent action." Thoughts?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on November 6th, 2009 | 3 answers | in Mormon customs

Latayne Scott: "I have found that a True Blue Mormon would argue with a sack of turnips if it fell off a Mormon truck." What does she mean by this? Does this match anyone's experience dialoging with, or attempting to reason with True Blue Mormons?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on November 2nd, 2009 | 10 answers | in Mormon customs

ExMormons: Fellow ExMo Latayne Scott (in the first chapter of her book "After Mormonism What?") tells those working with in transition Born-in-Covenant Mormons to consider them "Addicted from Birth" due the pervasive nature of Mormon Culture. Thoughts?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on November 1st, 2009 | 7 answers | in Mormon customs

Mormon John Dehlin asks: Where can a Mormon struggling with doubt and hard questions about the LdS Church and/or Mormon History go and openly talk about those questions WITHIN the LdS Church without getting judged, ostracized, or even excommunicated?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on November 1st, 2009 | 5 answers | in Mormon customs

When Howard Hughes was asked why he only hired mormons, he supposedly said "they're the only ones who know how to keep their mouths shut." Do you know why this is?
by Anonymous on October 26th, 2009 | 3 answers | in Mormon customs

"The fact that for about 24 years I didn't catch the first and most obvious inherent flaw in the [Mormon] system--that every educated person bends the conclusion to fit the facts, while Mormons do the exact opposite--embarrasses me now." Thoughts?
by Mister IT has a Liahona equipped COAT on October 25th, 2009 | one answer | in Mormon customs

What are the questions you must answer to become initiated intro the mormon church?
by Anonymous on October 14th, 2009 | one answer | in Conversion to Mormonism