Dear Terri, As a listowner myself, I know you are trying to be fair beyond fair. I'm not Mormon, but some of our folks were(isn't that why we're all on THIS list?)...and we volunteer at our local FHC, and I'm starting to learn Temple Ready. You're worrying too much..I know you're afraid of another flame war on this list. Please don't be concerned....you do a great job as listowner...this is a terrific, friendly and helpful list. Debbie To the other members....I've been here a loooong time..I know Terri herself to be strong in her faith....she wasn't trying to shush any of us...just avoid another war. Here's a newspaper article that shows some of the non-Mormons here just how tolerate these folks are: This was an article in The Lewiston Morning Tribune > (Lewiston, Idaho) and In a Spokane Wash. paper a few weeks > ago. Bill Hall is the Editorial Page Editor for The Lewiston > Morning Tribune. > >> A Mormon president who acts just like a Christian >> by Bill Hall > >> The leader of the Mormon Church has pretty much already >> corrected the suggestion by some Baptists that Mormons >> aren't really Christians. He has turned the other cheek and >> extended the brotherly hand of friendship to 12,000 members >> of the Southern Baptist Conference now preparing for a June >> convention in Utah. > >> The Mormon Church has never looked bigger, more mature or >> more Christian than in the way President Gordon B. Hinckley >> has reacted to the June gathering that will send 12,000 >> Southern Baptists out into the Utah community trying to >> convert Mormons and others to the Baptist brand of >> Christianity. > >> Hinckley has urged his church members to welcome the >> Baptists to the state and, of course, to tell them a bit >> about Mormonism. But most remarkable of all is Hinckley's >> generous observation that "The Baptists are coming here this >> June and are going to engage in a great proselyting effort. >> I can recommend three or four people for them to begin with, >> people who have lost their faith in this gospel." > >> In other words, if some have fallen away from the Mormon >> Church, he would rather have them become Baptists than be >> lost to Christianity altogether. What a departure from some >> of the customary sniping among churches. If he isn't >> careful, this guy Hinckley is going to give Christianity a >> good name. > >> Hinckley's attitude is all the more constructive if you >> know that he does this despite the fact it is a fairly >> common judgment among some Baptists that Mormons aren't >> really Christians but are merely members of a sect calling >> themselves Christians. > >> A lot of people wouldn't have the strength of character to >> ignore that gratuitous insult and do both the right thing >> and the smart thing by letting it pass and extending the >> hand of friendship. What a wise and likable man. The Mormons >> should be awfully proud of this latest president of theirs. >> -- B.H. > >And I think we should all be pretty proud of Terri, too! Debbie