Letters: Aug. 25, 1997

MORMONS, INC.

Your article on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was very well done [RELIGION, Aug. 4]. I have been a Mormon all my life, attending meetings, paying tithes and offerings, teaching children and adults in church classes, etc. We Mormons believe that the sacrifice of worldly goods is an important principle, requiring faith in God as it does, but we also believe in freedom to exercise moral agency--which means, as far as monetary contributions are concerned, each member is free to pay or not. Your report made it seem as if Mormons are under a great deal...

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