{"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":"
Joel Campbell, a\u00c2\u00a0columnist\u00c2\u00a0for MormonTimes, recently wrote about the issue he has with people using the term Mormon<\/em> to refer to a church other than the Salt Lake-based The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<\/p>\n 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 “Mormon sect” and the “fundamentalist Mormon.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I disagree with Mr. Campbell.<\/p>\n 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 Mormon<\/em> and the use of 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 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 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":" Joel Campbell, a\u00c2\u00a0columnist\u00c2\u00a0for MormonTimes, recently wrote about the issue he has with people using the term Mormon to refer to … Continue reading 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":"\n