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 * Mormon Culture **


 * 1. Mckay Murdock **


 * 2. Place of Settlement: **
 * Mormons used to move west because everytime they would settle there would be a conflict that would arise. They ended up settling in the Utah area. **


 * Thinking: **
 * In the Mormon culture men’s opinions are valued. They see it as christ and god are men, so therefore men know best. Now, this is not always the case but in reality we are living in the 20th century and these old stigmatismums are still alive in mormon culture today. Mormonis was mainly created from The Latter Day Saint Movement which is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a movement led by Joseph Smith. People break away **


 * Religion: **
 * The 13 Articles: The 1 They believe in the father, son and holy spirit. They believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.They believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors,teachers, evangelists, and so forth. They believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God. They believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law. They believe in doing what is right and just. **


 * Mormons are very much like conservative christians in the fact that they have the same morals and outlooks on how god portrays himself. Plus they worship the Book of Mormon contains the history and God’s dealings with the people who lived in the Americas between approximately 600 BC and 400 AD. The prophets in the Book of Mormon recorded God's dealings with his people, which were then named mormons. **


 * 3. Beliefs: They believe in the Book of Mormon which was created in 1830. Mormons believe that after death, the spirit leaves the body and moves on to the spirit world to wait for resurrection. During that time, those who did not embrace the Gospel are segregated from those who lived according to God's word.The Plan of Salvation teaches that Heaven is divided into three separate kingdoms of glory: the celestial, the terrestrial, and the telestial. **


 * Values: They value their mormon temple which non-mormons are not allowed and they value the ceremonies that happen in the temple such as baptism. Mainly mormons value family. They believe that you can succeed more in life with a loving, supportive home. Mormons also believe that since we are all apart of God’s family, that we need to share the same respect and love towards the families of our own. They also value their freedom. They feel that God has given you all of the opportunities and you just have to choose the right ones. You have the freedom to determine your future from the choices that God has given you, and they believe that you are responsible for your future, not God. **


 * Behaviors: Many Mormons are like normal Americans. They live in the same way, but believe in different concepts. We are really just like Christians with some more twist and turns. Mormons do believe in having more than one partner though. It is not odd to see a male figure with two to three women at a time. They believe that what a man says goes, and that they are more superior than women. They believe that it is okay to have more than one partner because God put you on the world to love. **


 * As a Goodwill Ambassador I feel like you would be able to connect Mormons to Americans or people that live in the shadows of God because that its mainly what Mormons focus around. God and family are the two main things that mean everything to Mormons and it is very easy to relate to other non-mormons. **

**Works Cited:** **"Freedom to Choose." Mormon.org. N.p ., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013.** "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." //The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints//. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2013.
 * 4. I think that the differences in their way of life would be undesirable to many people. Not many people would want men to have more power than a women, or that men are always right and superior. A lot of people would believe that having more than one partner is not right as well. This is very different from American culture where usually you only have one partner and build a family from there. I feel that as a Goodwill Ambassador it would be hard to get people to relate to the way that mormons live versus the way they live already. **