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...Christ it's going to be a long season," one gravelly-voiced man with a Harvard hat said walking from the stands...
...better life now," says the doctor, because he does not believe Castro will ever initiate full-scale reform. "There is a lot of support for the government in an emotional way," he reflects. "You hear a lot of old ladies talking about Fidel as if he were Jesus Christ. But young people are like...
...Boston Church of Christ parties are loads of fun. Disregard whatever you have heard from your proctor or your dean. Bring your friends. Membership has its privileges...
...spite of this gerontocracy, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints remains vibrant. Its sedulous missionary work has made what seemed to be a quintessentially American faith extraordinarily successful both at home and overseas. The church has nearly 9 million members, up from 5.6 million in 1984. Though a slight majority (4.6 million) live in the U.S. and Canada, the Mormon Church's biggest success story of the past decade is Latin America, where it claims 2.7 million believers. "One of the major themes of 20th century Mormonism has been accommodation," says Richard Bushman, a professor of history...
...actual theology. Mormon history states that Joseph Smith founded the church in Fayette, New York, in 1830 after being directed by the angel Moroni to unearth a set of inscribed golden plates. These provided him with revelations that ancient Hebrews migrated to North America around 600 B.C. Later Jesus Christ, after his ministry in the Middle East, came to preach to these lost tribes of Israel in America. The tribes eventually split into warring factions, the Nephites and Lamanites, the latter being the ancestors of the American Indians...