{"id":73,"date":"2005-03-15T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-15T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=73"},"modified":"2007-06-04T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2007-06-04T21:57:13","slug":"mormonism-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2005\/03\/15\/mormonism-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Mormonism for Dummies"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you find the Book of Mormon a hard read and difficult to use for finding out about the Mormon Church, why not pick up a copy of Mormonism for Dummies<\/a><\/cite>?<\/p>\n

The book sums of the Church’s history in six pages and approaches issues such as “blacks [and] the priesthood,…roles of women, birth control, homosexuality, and involvement in politics.”<\/p>\n

View chapter 1<\/a>, the index<\/a>, and the table of contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On page 16, I came across this statement: Some Mormons joke that LDS really stands for “Let?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s drink Sprite,” in reference to many Mormons’ decision to keep away from cola. Now I have lived in three provinces and served my mission in Utah, Arizona and Nevada. I never once heard anyone say “LDS” stands for “Let’s Drink Sprite”. Has anyone heard of this usage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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