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Gameface said:
My honest belief on this is that it's not just some random notion within the black community that Mormons hate black people but it is being taught aggressively to black people that mormons hate them. That's my take growing up my first 23 years in the Salt Lake Valley and then going into the Navy. I think Mormons and the rest of us in the Salt Lake Valley are a lot less racist than almost anywhere. No joke.

For reference I lived in Zion, Il and worked at the Naval training center in Great lakes for 9 months. I spent two months in Dam Neck, VA and 5 years in San Diego, although about 2.5 of the years spent in San Diego I was at sea, but there was a healthy population of black people on the ship, an aircraft carrier.
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Not to mention that there are more Mormons outside Utah but within the US than in Utah and more Mormons outside the US than in the US. Over 1 million in Mexico and approaching 1 million in Brazil and the Phillipines...

People do not realise how large and diverse the LDS religion really is.

Correction: Over 1 million in Brazil already.
 
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Stoked said:
Not to mention that there are more Mormons outside Utah but within the US than in Utah and more Mormons outside the US than in the US. Over 1 million in Mexico and approaching 1 million in Brazil and the Phillipines...

People do not realise how large and diverse the LDS religion really is.
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it really is a world wide religion.. i think the last thing i hear the lds church was in a80 countrys. i think there are only like 220 countrys?... right?... anyways back to the point mormons be ervrA where!!
 
JGolds said:
really? that seems maybe a little high. Id bet its a bit lower. you think they say that 65% of teens have had some sort of sexual experince. id bet lds its maybe 10 0r 15%..
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Well, it was a guess. I'd be surprised if it's much lower though, judging from the Mormons I know. But maybe it is.
 
JGolds said:
it really is a world wide religion.. i think the last thing i hear the lds church was in a80 countrys. i think there are only like 220 countrys?... right?... anyways back to the point mormons be ervrA where!!
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Congregations in 187 out of like 224 countries!!
 
Forget how many Mongolians are watching BYU football.. until it effects recruiting, that is.
 
I'm just going to put in my own experience about the getting married young question:
I got married 9 months after I got home from my mission (I was not quite 22), but I married my highschool sweetheart. She dated while I was gone and I dated a little after I got back. That's all it took for me know what I wanted. I had my first kid just over 4 years later. I was not quite done with school as I had one year left. The only "advice" or "counsel" I was given about any of those subjects was from my mission president. He said basically this: "Go home and date. Look for your spouse. Once you've found her, marry her. Don't delay getting married to 'have fun'. Have kids when you feel it's time and you're ready."
We've been married almost 13 years and have 4 kids.
 
A true and honest question: Why are mormons locked into ward/stake boundaries that geographically determine where they must worship when essentially all other religions allow parishoners to freely choose their pastor?

I suspect bad bishops would have a lot more accountability if people more frequently voted with their feet.
 
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