LDS Mormon Facts 21-30
Useful or not, they're still true.
Useful or not, they're still true.
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Author: Curtis Weller
To quote an Apostle of Jesus Christ (of Latter-day Saints);
'Some things that are true are not very useful.'
(Boyd K. Packer, "The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect," CES Symposium, 1981.)
This section of WhyMormons.net devotes itself to such factoids about the mainstream LDS Church and its history.
The state with the highest number of online pornography subscriptions? Utah. (Benjamin Edelman, Harvard economics professor and author of the article 'Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment?', Journal of Economic Perspectives.)
Caffeine is on the International Olympic Committee's list of controlled substances.
Mormonism on Cosmic Recycling: According to Joseph Smith, 'This earth was organized or formed out of other planets which were broken up and remodeled and made into the one on which we live.' (Joseph Smith, January 5, 1841, Words, p. 60)
Elvis Presley read The First 2000 Years by LDS author W. Cleon Skousen. This book is still on display at Elvis' Graceland home.
Superman, the D.C. Comics character, has been drawn by at least two LDS artists for the comic book.
Christianity goes English: John Wycliffe and John Purvey completed the first English Bible in 1388.
Two World War II ships were named after LDS prophets; SS Joseph Smith and SS Brigham Young.
Not just the Mormons: Homosexuality was on the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental illnesses until 1973.
The North Pole Ward is in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Applause was allowed in Mormon chapels until 1954.
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Would you like to submit some facts for this section? Email CurtisWeller@WhyMormons.net with your facts. Please include verifiable source material and the name we should credit for the contribution.
