Tag: lds changes
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The LDS Temple Endowment Ceremony Changes Again: Mormonism’s Word of God Does Not Endure
The LDS Church has once again revised its sacred temple endowment ceremony, slashing twenty percent of the ritual in 2024 despite past leaders’ claims that it was divinely revealed by Joseph Smith to remain unchanged forever.
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The LDS Church Is Just Trying to Blend In
In July (2022), LDS author Jana Riess made an interesting observation: “During the last four years, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has introduced a host of changes that have made the church a little more mainstream, a little less weird.” In her article, Dr. Riess notes some of these…
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Making the LDS Church Slightly Better: A Member’s Wish List
At the start of the new year, when many of us are thinking about self-improvement and ways we can make 2022 a better year than the one we’ve just lived through, Gordon Monson, columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune, was thinking about how to make his church better. A member of the LDS church, Mr.…
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The Continuing Adjustments to Mormonism
7 January 2019 The media is reporting on a significant Mormon-related matter. On January 1st The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints introduced changes to its temple endowment ceremony. While not unheard of, temple changes are somewhat uncommon, the last noteworthy changes having occurred in 2005. Most of the recent changes to the ceremony are,…