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In Bold Marketing Move, The Mormon Church Will No Longer Be Using The Name ‘Mormon’ In Effort To Rebrand Cult Image

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The term Mormon comes from the church’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon, which followers believe is based on the record keeping of an ancient prophet named Mormon.

When someone says the word ‘Mormon’, what’s the first image that comes to mind? If you’re honest, you think of two young men on bicycles, wearing white shirts and ties, with backpacks, going from door to door to ‘spread the word’ about the religion of Joseph Smith. You may also think of Mitt Romney and the ‘magic underwear‘, the ‘magic stone‘ and cans of Coke with a red line through them. And that whole ‘Satan and Jesus are brothers‘ thing can really be off putting to some people.

“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:8 (KJV)

So the powers that be at Mormon Inc decided that a name change might just be the thing to make them appear less like a cult and more like a legitimate denomination of Christianity.

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be singing the same tune but under a new name. The choir was renamed Friday to strip out the word Mormon in a move aimed at ending shorthand names for the religion that have been used for generations by church members and others.

The singers will now be called the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement . It’s a nod to the home of the choir for the last 150 years, the Tabernacle, located on church grounds known as Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City.

The group had been known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir since 1929, when it began broadcasting a weekly radio program to a wide audience.

Church President Russell M. Nelson announced guidelines in August requesting that people stop using “Mormon” or “LDS” as substitutes for the church’s full name. He said “Latter-day Saints” was acceptable shorthand. The faith holds that the full church name was given by revelation from God to founder Joseph Smith in 1838.

The term Mormon comes from the church’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon, which followers believe is based on the record keeping of an ancient prophet named Mormon. A church webpage that was up before Nelson’s announcement described the term Mormon as an “unofficial but inoffensive nickname for members.

But Nelson in his August statement urged people not to use Mormon or LDS. The “Lord has impressed upon my mind the importance of the name he has revealed for his church,” he said.

Speaking later in Canada, Nelson acknowledged that it would be a “challenge to undo tradition of more than 100 years” but said the name of the faith is “not negotiable,” according to a video posted on a church website. He said church members need to use the proper name if they want outsiders to use it.

“We’re not changing names. We’re correcting a name,” Nelson said. “Some marketers change names hoping to be more successful — that’s not our point. We’re correcting an error that’s crept in over the ages.”

In a different video from the trip, Nelson said, “It’s not Mormon’s church, it’s not Moses’ church, it’s the church of Jesus Christ.”

The name change will be a big effort for the Utah-based faith that counts 16 million members worldwide. The renaming of the choir is the first step with many changes still to come. The church still uses Mormon in its Twitter handle.

The faith’s presidents are considered prophets who lead through revelations from God. Nelson, 94, ascended to the post in January after the previous president died. READ MORE


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    • unidentified

      they’re still mormons whatever they decide to call their cult

    • huge_juan

      Are they gonna chang their names to MORONS?????

    • huge_juan

      OH Ho Ho Hum, what a beautiful morning. I think I’ll go upon the mountain and re write the Bible.

      • TRUTHY1

        Not funny, in fact very dangerous to your eternal well being or lack thereof if not changed.

        Revelation 22:18,19

        18. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

        19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

        I prefer to have the outlook for something more than this terrestrial life and an opportunity to exist for eternity in a world absent of hate and lies.

        • plsnogod

          Have you ever read the bible?? It endorses slavery,genocide,incest,torture,routine subjugation of women and many more goodies.
          And you threaten people with eternal lack of well-being if they don’t sign up to it. You are a sick individual.

    • nomorelabels

      No more a cult than most denominational churches who pacify their people and lull them to sleep telling them what they want to hear.

      Meanwhile children get abused and people get filled with guilt while their money is being taken. Sounds like it is all a cult to me.

    • church of the 1stborn

      Very few terrestrials born again repenters become quickened 100% righteous FREEBORN Celestials-born from above
      (you will never enter New Jerusalem) Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no
      need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

      God left those Matthew 11:12 99 violence warm spit/no flavor salt proclaiming sin law preachers to go get
      that 1 righteous sheep to regenerate the freeborn quickened Spirit led new Nazarene sect -new inner man -
      new Jews church of love with the spirit of meekness congregation of the righteous restored on Fathers holy mountain of fire

      Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

      1 Corinthians 4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

      we teach law of good shepherd it was transferred 3 times- we only minister to the synagogues of satan saints born again perfect so
      Jesus can make them righteous Nazarene sect celestial Spirit led quickened freeborn Jews more perfect eternal living spirits

      Galatians 4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman
      shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.

      New Jerusalem and her son the celestial’s- The Son of God Christ /body His church on Father’s holy mountain of fire
      congregation of the righteous BOTH highest priesthood Judges & counsellor’s freeborn also called saviors regenerated
      born from above as Christ & His church of 1st born 1st fruits Acts 15 Gentile rapture bride -by faith alone

      Acts 15 Lamb’s 2nd wife Gentiles His cross rewards only people By faith alone plus nothing by His will alone- we get
      His 1st judgment our spirit saved 1st then our vile bodies

      Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

      Philippians 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working
      whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

      Romans 11:25 taken lastly -no spot or wrinkle in us /He & Holy Ghost keeps us clean

      John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

      Galatians 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

      Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God,
      and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

      Moon Temple & stars 4 gospels children that rule the darkness children of disobedience you do not want Moses as your accuser
      *you want to stand in rapture 1st judgment with satan as your accuser.

      Caste out old Jerusalem the bondwoman the great whore Babylon & her son Moses

      John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

      Matthew 25:1-2 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

      2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
      ——————-
      Acts 15 called quickened wise hidden ones other sheep Gentile rapture bride only job by faith alone Gentile church of Christ,
      is to go to the Temple Jews & the fig tree cursed lost/fruit taken Peters 4 gospels church of God that has been sealed given
      to Paul -to get them quickened & Spirit led and save them

      Hebrews 3:3 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

      2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present
      you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

      1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

      2 Corinthians 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

      2 Corinthians 5:18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

      1 Corinthians 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

      1 Corinthians 15:36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

      1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

      Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

      Romans 8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

      Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

      Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying,
      Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

      1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

      2 Corinthians 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

      Which satanic devil from hell made up that : sinners prayer ?
      John 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

      John 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

      Many dispensations in body of Christ: since the cross until Romans 11:25 its mercy upon Acts 15 gentile rapture bride
      Christ/His body/His church of 1st born of 1st fruits from the dead quickened Spirit led people congregation of the righteous will be raptured/regenerated back on Fathers Holy mountain of Fire

      Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

      Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

      Rapture haters repenting/baptize/renew/rededicate/born again/great commission of Moses sin law warm spit MILK bondage foreskin cutting Hebrews 6:1-8 fiery thornes Unbelievers Build that 3rd Temple .
      After the rapture you need alter & animal blood to get a gloomy-beware your light be darkness kinda righteousness step by step inch by inch God takes back America from the satanic ex presidents Deuteronomy 13:4
      4 It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.

      With a anointed (gentle rain at his inauguration ) President Donald J. Trump 45 president of the Republic of the United States of America at the helm a new good king Cyrus he might be that last Trump of the congregation of the righteous : (the rapture mystery ,the last Trump) the horns of the righteous

      The conclusion of Christ 1st raptured body Isaiah 45:8 the rapture of the congregation of the righteous is eminent 100% firstfruits Jesus people /His 1st raptured body /His church of 1st born 1st fruits from the dead His NO YOKE of the father blood curse upon our heads=NO Trib no wrath/no Gods great wrath /no satans great wrath Jesus Acts 15 Gentile rapture bride Lamb’s 2nd wife 1 corinthians 1-4 then 5-58
      Gentile gospel of the mysteries making peace with Father Spirit led our spirit resting in Christ Col 2:2-3 key house king David house of by faith alone house of prayer

      Surprise there are no Gentiles in heaven

      1 Corinthians 15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

      Paul performs the ministry of reconciliation upon Peters fig tree cursed lost 4 gospels Messianic w/Gentile proselytes under Moses sin law bondage

      1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s:

      1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

      Paul’s celestial new Spirit led creatures (new Jews New innerman,New freeborn celestial Nazarene’s freeborn eternal living spirits/by faith alone)
      Acts 9 to Hebrews Acts 15 wise hidden other sheep Gentile church of Christ congregation of the righteous

      Acts 28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.

      Acts 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

      Acts 15 Gentile rapture bride hated because we have no Luke 11:30-52 Tribulation /No wrath yoke of the fathers no blood curse upon our heads
      1 Corinthians 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

      Acts 24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

      Romans 2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter;
      whose praise is not of men, but of God.
      Romans 2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

      1 Corinthians 8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

      2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

      Obadiah 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

      Psalm 122:5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

      Isaiah 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

      2 Corinthians 8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

      Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely

      Acts 15 emancipation proclamation of His Psalm 83:3 wise hidden ones His John 10 other sheep Gentile rapture bride people by Christ (using His Fathers new washed from the law of Moses 2nd Holy Ghost ) from born again perfect to more perfect celestial quickened strong meat Spirit led Lamb’s 2nd wife made celestial- Spirit born from above

      Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

      2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

      3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

      4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

      5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

      6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

      Isaiah 45
      45 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;

      2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

      3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

      4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

      5 I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:

      6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

      7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

      8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.

      9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

      10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

      11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

      12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

      13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.

      14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

      15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

      16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

      17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

      18 For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.

      19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

      20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

      21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

      22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

      23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

      24 Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

      25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

      webpqk@gmail com Randy Lewis

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