Comments on: Your Monday poll #3

By: California Condor

California Condor — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:30:37 +0000

I think “Mormon” has a nice ring to it, and people recognize it.

By: StillConfused

StillConfused — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:15:46 +0000

I prefer to say that I am Christian because I try to live a Christlike example. In Utah, there is a certain amount of prejudiced against non-Mormons by Mormons (perceived or actual) and I prefer to stay out of that fray.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:12:42 +0000

…confusing

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:09:59 +0000

Whenever anyone asks me what my religion is I always say, “Mormon.” Saying “LSD” is just too confusion.

Deep Thoughts by Jack

By: Jacob M

Jacob M — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:05:56 +0000

There’s a C in his name??!!!! Dang it!! Nick, keep pointing it out! It’s really ironic that for a church that stresses education that most of the members can’t spell the prophet’s name right (or the name of the church, evidently)!

By: Nick Literski

Nick Literski — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:53:44 +0000

#37 Jacob:
I’m glad I brought a smile to your face, Jacob. That was the intent! :-)

I guess it’s sort of a personal crusade of mine, to get members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to note the hyphen and lower-case “d,” which actually does distinguish them from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which is the Strangite church. It’s kind of like trying to get a lot of LDS to include the “c” in Hinckley. I swear, that has to be the most often misspelled church president name in the history of the LDS church. ;-)

By: Bro. Jones

Bro. Jones — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:29:11 +0000

“Christian” to non-Christians
“Mormon” to Christians (or in response to further query from non-Christians)

One might well re-ask the question in the OP to state: “How have you heard your brothers and sisters in the faith refer to themselves?” Outside of church itself or talking with missionaries, I’ve only ever heard two people refer to themselves as LDS or “Latter-Day Saints.” (One was a really hot girl whom I would have flirted with or asked out, but that was before I converted, and I was terrified that dating LDS girls would lead to me getting tied up, carted away to the temple, and forced to baptize dead people and give up Coke and liquor.)

By: RonanJH

RonanJH — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:24:39 +0000

I’ve taken to telling people I’m a fundamentalist Mormon with 52 wives.

By: Melissa DM

Melissa DM — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:07:10 +0000

Tracy, I’m with you. Whenever I say Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I either jumble the words or squish them together (I’m a fast talker). So then I always have to say “you know, Mormon.”

Here in Egypt no one knows the Mormons so I just say Christian and elaborate if they ask. Usually they don’t though. Which is good because I don’t want to get arrested for prosletizing.

By: Steve Evans

Steve Evans — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:49:45 +0000

ed42, you give that response and you’d better get ready to turn the other cheek, as the one is gonna get smacked.