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View Poll Results: Please indicate your MD ownership status: | |||
I currently own a copy |
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10 | 45.45% |
We had a copy in our home growing up |
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10 | 45.45% |
I do not currently own a copy |
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6 | 27.27% |
I had a copy but burned it in keeping with the most recent Mormon Reformation |
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1 | 4.55% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll |
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#1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!!
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I hope this isn't too redundant, but I'm curious as to just how many folks here actually own or owned a copy of the book. I don't now and my parents didn't. Am I now and were we then out of the mainstream because of that?
I think it was quite the endeavor for McConkie to try to take on, which merits some praise. Naturally there would be some errors and he noted it was only his views (although he had to know how it would be interpreted by the general membership). Although I haven't read it, I will take the SU leap of faith and assume that most of it is well done and reflects what we believe. I do see it referenced in other official and unofficial Church publications, so it must be viewed as having some worth inside The Church.
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AKA SeattleNewt
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 7,055
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I do. I received a copy before my mission and I still have it.
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Board Pinhead
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah.
Posts: 15,941
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I received one before my mission, but I think I left it behind when I returned home.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 6,177
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It should be called Mormon glossary and cut out all the opinionated stuff. It's good as a reference book. Very useful for that.
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Assistant to the Regional Manager
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: The Orgasmatron
Posts: 24,338
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I had one, but whether I still have it in a bookshelf, I don't know.
I do remember returning from the mission and being given my first teaching opportunity with a guy telling me to have MD by my side to refer to. I didn't follow his advice but did read it for a while to get a feel for it. I did not like the treatment of the Catholic Church, as it did not comport with my interpretation of the Great and Abominable Church set forth in the BoM.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 10,665
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Glossary of what? There are no creeds.
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#7 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Like for example, I believe there is an entry for Onanism. MD makes a great reference for puzzled youth on stuff like this. But MD then takes it a step further and clarifies the temperature of the fire that you will burn in hell for participating in this sin. That's the part they should take out.
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