Call me “Mormon,” I Insist


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Mormons get mad at me when I call them Mormons. They're "Latter-day Saints" and they definitely don't belong to the "Mormon Church." Yep, I get it. We're Christians and sensitive about it. We love Jesus and don't want anyone to forget it. But the time has come to stop being defensive and start being offensive. We are a missionary church. We want converts. We need to find them where they are, and that's Googling the word "Mormon." I Belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints It's not that Mormons don't have a good reason for liking the full name of their church. Jesus, Himself, told us what the Church should be called. That's kind of a big deal. So it's no surprise that historically Mormons have been a bit prickly about using any other names. But that can't be said for people who didn't like Mormons. In the 1830s, those opposed to the Mormons started calling them that. Well, they also used "Mormonite" which certainly has a stylish flair, but you...

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