Talk:House of Joseph (LDS Church)

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[edit] Why the {} sign/s?

Why were one or more of these sign/s: {{NPOV}}{{expansion}}{{Cleanup}} signs placed on this page without any discussion, explanation or reasoning? (And why create a redundant category Category:Bible stories that is now up for a vote for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Bible stories?) IZAK 07:30, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] List of beliefs or a list of things Mormons are known for?

In the following passage the authors seem to be unsure as to whether it is a list of beliefs or a list of things Mormons are known for:

Latter-day Saints are widely known for:

• Active proselytizing by full-time volunteer missionaries
• Belief in modern prophets, beginning with Joseph Smith, Jr., and continuing today with Gordon B. Hinckley
• Acceptance of the Bible(slightly different from the more usual version), the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price as works of scripture
• A dietary code called the Word of Wisdom, which requires abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea
• Belief in God the Father, the Son (Christ), and the Holy Ghost existing as three separate individuals
• Belief in a form of theosis called exaltation or eternal progression
• Formerly practicing polygamy (plural marriage)
• Wearing ceremonial temple garments under their daily clothes
• Performing baptisms for the dead, and other ordinances by proxy, in temples and doing attendant genealogical research.

I edited it on the assumption that it is intended to be a list of things that Mormons are known for - 69.231.222.235 21:14, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Umm, ewww.

This article is patheticWhy "Mormon views" in the title, but only LDS church references? No intro - info seems to be taken directly from other articles. And it is not even correct. bad. yuck. Anyone working to fix? -Visorstuff 20:15, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• Hi Visorstuff: User:Gidonb wants to work on this, see the fuss also going on at Talk:Mormon views about Mormonism and Judaism, but feel free to improve things in a NPOV direction at any time. IZAK 21:07, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I've been watching IZAK. I'm frankly dissapointed in the consensus-building. It shouldn't be that hard to learn each other's terminology.

I'm not sure this article is salvageable, to be quite honest. Look forward to continuing to work with you. I'm sure the articles will be better as a result of this work, but to be honest, at this point, both sides are over-reacting to minutia, IMHO. -Visorstuff 22:47, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

What the heck is this about?

Lehi's sons are said to be characteristically Ephrathite, though it is uncertain what this means or why this would be.

Also, there's no mention that Ishmael is from Ephraim, which I think would be important in this article. And half of the article is just about Mormons in general and has nothing to do with the "Mormon view of the House of Joseph". Aranhamo 23:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

The general stuff on LDS should go away, or be ported to another page. Jonathan Tweet 04:14, 15 August 2006 (UTC)