mormon

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Here in Utah a catholic woman was dying of cancer and asked the mormon church not to baptize her mormon after she died and the church refused.

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  1. A genus of sea birds, having a large, thick bill; the puffin.
  2. One of a Christian denomination (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in the United States, followers of Joseph Smith, who professed to have found an addition to the Bible, engraved on golden plates, called the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830. The Mormons believe in polygamy, and their hierarchy of apostles, etc., has control of civil and religious matters.
  3. A member of a sect, called the Reorganized Church of Jesus of Latterday Saints, which has always rejected polygamy. It was organized in 1852, and is represented in about forty States and Territories of the United States.
  4. Of or pertaining to the Mormons; as, the Mormon religion; Mormon practices.

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  1. a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  2. the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  3. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Mormon Church

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  • From Sarahs 'blog', "discriminated against me because I am not a mormon, racism is terrible" .. —  The Road to Surfdom
  • He went out of his way to point out that he would vote for a mormon and he did not advocate or endorse or condone this sort of behavior.
  • I'm a former mormon (so right there I know my comment just lost all credibility for a large number of you), went on a mission and saw how these growth numbers are reported. —  KSL / U.S. / National
  • Darl is no more a true mormon, than I am J.C. Nothing more than a bleached corporate rant in support of corporate fascism. —  Latest News from Open Source Magazine
  • I'm all over crime and punishment, however, just like the mormon polygamists who were unjustly prosecuted and their kids terrorized, we like to create fear from the "dog who barks with no bite" as the saying goes. —  WordPress.com News
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