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True!
And the younger generations, or not solid followers, do NOT know or understand that the leaders have asked & prefer for one to say LDS vs. Mormon. - so if you ask "one" it is not surprising that they answered "they did not know what you were talking about".
And yes, a reason for it is to remove theirselves from the negative stigma that "Mormon" tends to automactically bring - like plural marriage - which is not taught or tolerated.
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@Maggie&Myla:
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my friend would probably find it extremely offensive that you assume she a.) a younger generation, and b.) she's not a solid follower...and i'm going to assume you didn't mean it as rude as it came across.
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anyway...like i said, i have several mormon friends and none of them have ever mentioned this. thus i questioned it. 4951