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Bishop Wright's opinion is a sad commentary on the people of the UK; nevertheless it may be an indication of the times. "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come...For men shall be lovers of their own selves...covetous...unthankful, unholy...having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof...ever learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth."
2 Timothy 3:1-7

It is truly sad if a whole nation should dwindle in unbelief! One must hope that such is not the case and that most people in the UK have faith in God and a desire to keep His commandments, as they were disposed to do during WW II. Even more perilous times are yet ahead and safety will be found only in true religion. God's promise is "seek and ye shall find". (Matthew 7:7)

Joseph Smith followed the admonition of James, "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him...but let him ask in faith, nothing waivering." (James 1:5-6) As a result the Gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in these the latter days. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is "built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone". (Ephesians 2:20) SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND TRUTH AND SAFETY!

I think that many more people will come to know 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints' and its teachings especially as the world sinks deeper in despair and wishes to know the will of God. The teachings of the church are pure doctrine and untouched by man.

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I think many people are not that knowledgeable about Mormonis. Jospeh Smith was their founding prophet who claimed God the Father and Jesus appeared to him in a grove of trees in spring 1920 in Palmyra, New York. This account was written 18 years after the supposed vision, although was a "Jesus" vision account written in 1832.
Mormons have two extra scriptures to the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the Pearl of Great Price.The Book of Mormon contains a "history" of a group of people from Israel who went by boat to America and settled there. The group broke up into two groups , the Nephites and the Lamanites. The Lamanites eventually wiped out the Nephites. Many Mormons until recently(after DNA research) believed the Native American Indians were the descendants of this group. DNA research has not found any evidence of a Jewish DNA among the Indians, rather they came from Asia. The authenticity of Book of Mormon has been question because of lack of archaeological evidence, abscence of Israelite DNA, the presence of animals that did not exist in America before the Spanish arrived (e.g the horse)

sadly, i'm afraid that most of American religious interest stems from the fundamentalist camp. this, in turn, scares so many very thoughtful, conscientious, and intelligent people from faith, since bad associations with the christian right are so hard to escape. and so, they find fellowship in their frustrations with the likes of Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins.

so sad that more thoughtful theologians and religious thinkers aren't more widely known or influential here, to win over both the fundamentalist and indifferent/atheist camp. i would almost like to pick a few out from britain and bring them over here to help bring people around - which is not to say that we do have a few, from James Carroll, to Gary Wills, Peter Gomes and others. alas, none of these folks, british or american, manage to sell many books here.

instead, we get nytimes bestsellers proclaiming that mary magdeline was actually jesus' estranged twin who later became his fiance in celebration of the fertility goddess of some pagan cult, a story later suppressed by constantine as a means of cruelly trampling on the freedom of sisters and brothers to engage in incest.