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To: Bruinator

What is the source for your post 44?


60 posted on 01/28/2011 9:54:48 AM PST by Religion Moderator
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To: Religion Moderator

“What is the source for your post 44?”

Newsroom:
Enlisting the Members to Stop Child Abuse
A Latter-day Saint congregation is like a big family, a group of people working together with an attitude of mutual support. The Church has long encouraged families to talk about child abuse, to educate themselves on how to recognize and prevent such tragedies. Since 1976, more than 50 news and magazine articles have appeared in Church publications condemning child abuse or educating members about it. Church leaders have spoken out on the subject more than 30 times at Church worldwide conferences. Child abuse is the subject of a regular lesson taught during Sunday meetings.

The Church has also developed extensive training materials and videotapes. These materials are used to train Church leaders on how to identify and respond to such abuse. A 24-hour Help Line staffed with professional counselors provides customized advice so local leaders can take appropriate action in each case.

Finally, the Church is doing everything it can to strengthen families. Every person and institution must do their part but, in the end, strong, loving and watchful families are the best defense against child abuse. President Gordon B. Hinckley has said: “All of this will happen and get worse unless there is an underlying acknowledgment, yes, a strong and fervent conviction, concerning the fact that the family is an instrument of the Almighty. It is His creation. It is also the basic unit of society.”

Child Abuse-LDS Newsroom


61 posted on 01/28/2011 9:57:16 AM PST by Bruinator (God is Great.... Beer is good.... Muzzies are.........?)
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To: Religion Moderator

What was wrong with my query on the supremacy of the Bible? I have a comment removed because of that question?


62 posted on 01/28/2011 10:02:38 AM PST by Bruinator (God is Great.... Beer is good.... Muzzies are.........?)
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