USA Today: Many remain wary of Mormon ways

This is a good overview of the Mormon or Latter Day Saints faith.

'When Mormons proudly call themselves “a peculiar people,” they mean it in the biblical sense — set aside by God, chosen.

But many Americans call them peculiar in Webster’s way — strange, odd.'

Why do Mormons think they are chosen by God?

Wikipedia explains:

Mormons consider themselves to be the descendants of the Biblical Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also known as "Israel") or adoptees into the House of Israel, and contemporary Mormons use the terms "House of Israel" and "House of Joseph" to refer to themselves.


Mormons consider themselves to be the descendants of the Biblical Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (also known as "Israel") or adoptees into the House of Israel, and contemporary Mormons use the terms "House of Israel" and "House of Joseph" to refer to themselves.

The Book of Mormon tells of families of the Tribe of Manasseh and the Tribe of Ephraim that migrated from Jerusalem to an unknown location in the Americas. According to Mormon doctrine, this migration fulfilled the prophecy of Jacob on his son, Joseph: "

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