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against their children. Also, Mormons also faced religious prejudice wherever they went, including the west. Limerick justifies, “This aspect of Mormon origins left the church particularly unprepared for the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Southern segregation might have had support of some churches, but it was primarily a civil and secular order. But here was segregation built right into the theological framework of a religion” (325). This explains how the Mormons were fueled by…

I rode the bus every day in middle school and would interact with a few people who also lived in my neighborhood. They were in no way my friends, but the circumstances had left us stuck on a bus for 30 minutes with a different group of students who normally wouldn't interact. One girl was very religious and we would eventually ease into a logical debate about religion. Every afternoon as we rode from the school into our old neighborhood. I am a very confrontational person, and when I feel as if…

A myth can be defined as a belief or an idea about something. In the book The Lincoln Myth there is a telltale line of what is believed to be a myth in the book. I believe that the title is a well thought out title but I do have a better idea for a title. While reading this book I was able to come up with reasons as to why the title was good and why the title of The Fallacy may fit better. The title The Lincoln Myth is a really good title. It supports a good deal of what is going on in the book…

to church with her. I had never gone to church before, I recall dreading having to go. It took so much effort to get ready early in the morning, followed by sunday school, and a long, drawn out, monotone sermon. My Grandma Beverly is mormon, therefor I went to a mormon church. Although I am now nondenominational, going to church with my grandma helped spark my interest in religion and my curiosity about God. The day started with me being prodded at and pampered, I had to force myself into…

Many of Laramie’s citizens were homophobic, which “directly influence[d] the incidents of hate crime victimization” through McKinney and Henderson’s observation (Alden & Parker 321). Laramie was a place where people seemed to conform and willing to push out anyone who was unwilling to be another ordinary citizen. This town seemed to be breeding grounds for hate crimes since there was not many laws in place at the time that dealt with hate crime specifically. As hate crimes increased so did the…

Frank Jacobs takes an unorthodox approach to quantifying the perceived political geography of Earth in his article “Coffee and Cannibals – the Weird Geography of Autocomplete Maps.” By examining a series of maps, ostensibly generated from Google’s search autocomplete, Jacobs attempts to provide readers with insight into the “mental maps” of different cultures. Before analyzing the article, it is important to first understand exactly what a mental map is in the context of political geography.…

Anything written before the Quran has been altered by man. When speaking with your dad, I am always impressed with how many similarities there are between our faiths. Muslims have a sacred book, the Koran, (Quran) just like Mormons, who have additional scripture, The Book of Mormon. How did the Koran come into being? There are a lot of similarities between the three religions, because we believe that the basis/foundations have been laid by…

Wessinger, Catherine. How the Millennium Comes Violently: from Jonestown to Heaven's Gate (New York: Seven Bridges Press, 2000). Catherine Wessinger begins her book with an introduction to New Religious Movements where she stresses their status as religions instead of the pejorative term ‘cults.’ Here she also discusses several challenges faced many NRMs including internal conflict, negative responses from law enforcement, and theologies that promote violence. Wessinger also dismisses…

Despite my family being supportive of the LGBTQ+ community, this role challenged my views on a subject that I hadn’t really mulled over previously. After being chastised and subject to some snide and offensive commentary by several of my Mormon and non-Mormon friends, my decision to fully support and become active in GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) was established. Later, I was signed onto a production of The Vagina Monologues- a show that discusses sexuality and violence against women- as a…

American religion is in the middle of one of the largest shifts in religious ideals sense the creation of the country. Nones, or people unaffiliated with any type of religion or belief, have been more and more common, in fact being a none is on its way to becoming the majority religious choice for Americans. The number of nones has continues to drive up 22 percent of Americans are unaffiliated in any type of organized religion, but depending on where you are from that percent may fluctuate. Not…