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Video: Students react to Tuesday's Forum
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Forum speaker urges religious conversations
Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School, encouraged students in Tuesday’s forum, “Few are Chosen: Comparative Religion and the Public Sphere,” to engage in open conversations about comparative religion in the political realm. Feldman drew parallels between various Mas …
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Forum speaker urges students to engage in religious conversations
Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School, encouraged students in Tuesday’s forum, “Few are Chosen: Comparative Religion and the Public Sphere,” to engage in open conversations about comparative religion in the political realm. Feldman drew parallels between various Mas …
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Professors defend Church's stance on Salt Lake City ordinance
With the LDS church’s recent endorsement of a gay rights ordinance in Salt Lake City, many have begun speculating that the church is on its way to changing its policy on same-sex marriage. Not so, say BYU professors of religion and political science. Last week, The Church of Jesus Chris …
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Professors defend stance on Church ordinances
With the LDS church’s recent endorsement of a gay rights ordinance in Salt Lake City, many have begun speculating that the church is on its way to changing its policy on same-sex marriage. Not so, say BYU professors of religion and political science. Last week, The Church of Jesus Chris …
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Former seminary principal pleads not guilty to sex charges
By AMANDA VERZELLO The former LDS seminary principal accused of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old girl plead not guilty to 15 felony charges on Tuesday. Michael Pratt, 37-year-old former principal of Lone Peak High School’s seminary program, faces 14 first-degree felony charges and one second …
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Religious institute accepting paper proposals for conference
The Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship issued a call for paper proposals to be considered for presentation at the 2010 Biennial Restoration Scripture Conference, to be held at BYU during fall semester 2010. Proposals must be received or postmarked on or before Dec. 31 to be eligibl …
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Utah volunteers make a difference during crisis
The water destroyed one village, completely washing it out. A nearby village was just fine, safe in the height of the hills. It was luck and the extra 15 feet of altitude that made the difference. This was the case for many people in American Samoa recently. One day their lives and homes were compl …
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Religions encouraged to discuss benefits of organ donation
By AMANDA VERZELLO Jayne Simonds’ first thought after waking up from surgery with a new heart was, “I can breathe.” “I could feel the heart beating,” Simonds said. “It was so strange to hear the heart go ‘thump, thump, thump.’” In 2002, Ja …
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Devotional: Adversity the key to success
Elder Jon M. Huntsman Sr., founder and chairman of the Huntsman Corporation and Area Seventy, said in the Tuesday devotional that adversity can help shape people of integrity. Elder Huntsman opened his message by giving students a reason to continue. “God did not put us on this earth to fail …
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Church supports Salt Lake City’s anti-discrimination ordinance
By ERIKA POTTER SALT LAKE CITY – A spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints read a statement supporting the anti-discrimination employment and housing laws in Tuesday’s Salt Lake City Council meeting. The laws prevent discrimination against gays and lesbians in hous …
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Dear John...'waiting' for a missionary
Every missionary can tell which letter in the mailbox is special. Maybe the stationary smells suspiciously like perfume or there might be lipstick kisses inside. But it isn’t these extra touches that make the letter special; it’s the signature at the end, and the girl it belongs to, that …
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Church history inspires course excursion
Students can get a first-hand look at the past through an honors church history class. Honors 341 gives students the unique opportunity to visit sites from the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as part of the class curriculum. From Oct. 23 through 28, this year’s class …
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Video: Students share thoughts on Tuesday's Devotional
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Devotional focuses on standing for truth
Students were encouraged to be brave in defending truth and righteousness in a devotional given by Elder Walter F. Gonzalez on Tuesday. Gonzalez is a member of the Presidency of the Seventy and presides over Church affairs in the southern states. He said students will face important decisions in t …
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President Uchtdorf: Realize your worth
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf spoke about the importance of recognizing self-worth, in a CES Fireside Sunday in the Marriott Center. The second counselor in The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began his address by relating Hans Christian Anderson’s story of …
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Uchtdorf: Realize your worth
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf spoke about the importance of recognizing self-worth in a CES Fireside Sunday in the Marriott Center. The second counselor in The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began his address by relating Hans Christian Anderson’s story of t …
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Viewpoint: Commemoration of Martin Luther on Oct. 31
While most Americans spend the evening of Oct. 31 dressed in imaginative costumes knocking on their neighbors’ doors begging for treats, most Christians — and LDS members should as well — celebrate a world-shaking event that took place on this evening in 1517 in the small German un …
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Symposium to share scriptural insights
Students and community members will gain insights into the Old Testament this weekend at the 38th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Each year, the symposium is based on the coming year’s gospel doctrine topic. This year the symposium is entitled, “The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old …
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President Uchtdorf calls for virtues in business
BY AMANDA VERZELLO More than before, there is a need for virtues and divine moral principles in business, especially among Latter-day Saint professionals, said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency on Friday. President Uchtdorf spoke to members of the Utah Valley Ch …
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