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Old 04-02-2006, 08:27   #28
WillowTheWhisp
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Re: Mohamed cartoons.

This discussion has raised another side topic which I find interesting. The idea that Christianity is a one day a week religion as opposed to Islam which is a way of life.

I don't know about others and their churches but speaking for myself and many other Latter-day Saints ours is not a one day a week religion either. It's an integral part of our lives. Prayer is part of each day. The day begins and ends with prayer, food is not eaten until it has been blessed. Those two things are the very least which we just couldn't imagine being otherwise. We do have a specific day to attend church (Sunday like other denominations) but we also have other things during the week. Once a month we have a fast day.

From ages 14 to 18 our young people have the option of attending a seminary class each day (quite often this is held early morning but can also be after school in the late afternoon or early evening) where they do more serious Bible study as well as studying the Book of Mormon.

We are very often misunderstood by other Christian denominations, some of which claim that we are not Christian and that we do not believe in the Bible yet from the age of 8 our children have lessons taken from the Old and New Testaments. They already know a great deal before they even get to seminary.
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