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Mormons Make Great FBI Recruits

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80 points churchill | 1 comments | 01 May 23 13:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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geocrasher ◴[01 May 23 14:49 UTC] No.35773533[source]▶
I spoke with some LDS youngsters who came to my door some time back. They're friendly. I learned that they do not like being referred to as "Mormon" but instead prefer "LDS". For them, being called Mormon is derogatory.
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seanw444 ◴[01 May 23 14:58 UTC] No.35773669[source]▶
This is a new phenomenon, too. It was only a few years ago that there was a church-wide semiannual congregation (known as General Conference) where the leadership announced that it was bad to be referred to as "Mormon".

The reasoning is: Mormon is a character in their scripture (The Book of Mormon), but he is not the main figurehead for the church, so referring to them as though he is, is a misrepresentation.

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1. geocrasher ◴[01 May 23 18:19 UTC] No.35776917[source]▶

    The reasoning is: Mormon is a character in their scripture (The Book of Mormon), but he is not the main figurehead for the church, so referring to them as though he is, is a misrepresentation.
That's the explanation I was given as well. Thanks for clarifying and thank you all for the explanations.