{"id":2232,"date":"2010-02-17T09:07:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T16:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2010-02-17T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T16:08:25","slug":"the-use-of-mormon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-use-of-mormon\/","title":{"rendered":"The use of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mormon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Campbell, a\u00c2\u00a0columnist\u00c2\u00a0for MormonTimes, recently wrote about the issue he has with people using the term <em>Mormon<\/em> to refer to a church other than the Salt Lake-based The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As both a journalist and a Mormon, I am continually dismayed that the Vancouver Sun and associated CanWest wire service choose to describe the British Columbia polygamist group with the terms &#8220;Mormon sect&#8221; and the &#8220;fundamentalist Mormon.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I disagree with Mr. Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, Mormon is an acceptable term to use to refer to any of the sects that originate from the church Joseph Smith founded. I see a parallel between the use of <em>Mormon<\/em> and the use of <em>Protestant<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0I view Mormonism as an umbrella term that refers to all those who believe in the First Vision and the Book of Mormon, even if other\u00c2\u00a0minutiae\u00c2\u00a0differs.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, I agree with Mr. Campbell that a clear\u00c2\u00a0distinction\u00c2\u00a0should be made between my church and other Mormon churches. I think responsible journalists and editors should ensure the use of <em>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/em> when referring to my church, and the proper names of other churches when referring to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joel Campbell, a\u00c2\u00a0columnist\u00c2\u00a0for MormonTimes, recently wrote about the issue he has with people using the term Mormon to refer to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-use-of-mormon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The use of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mormon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The use of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mormon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-use-of-mormon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The use of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mormon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joel Campbell, a\u00c2\u00a0columnist\u00c2\u00a0for MormonTimes, recently wrote about the issue he has with people using the term Mormon to refer to &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-use-of-mormon\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Our Thoughts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-02-17T16:07:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-02-17T16:08:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kim Siever\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-use-of-mormon\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-use-of-mormon\/\",\"name\":\"The use of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mormon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-17T16:07:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-02-17T16:08:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/02\/17\/the-use-of-mormon\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/\",\"name\":\"Our Thoughts\",\"description\":\"Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/99e996edc89affe5206808d3f65869d1\",\"name\":\"Kim Siever\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/417c7b5f55d329bdd0f64ef4396831db?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kim Siever\"},\"description\":\"Queer Mormon poet with radical political views. 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