‘Mormon Land’: Why Latter-day Saint women were drawn to LuLaRoe and why that’s worrisome (2024)

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What is the controversy with the Church of Latter Day Saints? ›

Academic critics have questioned the legitimacy of Smith as a prophet as well as the historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon and the Book of Abraham. Criticism has expanded to include claims of historical revisionism, hom*ophobia, racism, and sexist policies.

As disciples, Latter-day Saint women are encouraged to cultivate a personal faith in and relationship with God, to study scriptures and doctrine, to teach the gospel in their homes and congregations and to participate faithfully in all the saving ordinances of the gospel.

In the opening segment of LuLaRich, DeAnne and Mark Stidham—a cheery, coiffed Mormon couple with fourteen children, and co-founders of multi-level marketing clothing company LuLaRoe—adjust the tassels on the rug beneath them, to make sure the shot is just right.

The Church adopted a resolution in 1834 to change the name to the Church of the Latter Day Saints to distinguish it from other Christian denominations of the time. Then in 1838, the Lord Jesus Christ revealed to Joseph Smith that the name of the Church is to be the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Non-Mormon critics generally believe that the church's claims are false, that it is non-Christian, or that it is a religion based on fraud or deceit on the part of its past and present leaders.

In January 2014, former LDS Church bishop Michael Wayne Coleman was arrested and charged with luring a minor for sexual exploitation after a forensic examination of his laptop and cellphone revealed sexually graphic conversations and an exchange of nude photographs with a teenaged student in Brazil.

Legal issues. In early 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against LuLaRoe by customers, who complained that the firm's proprietary point-of-sale software incorrectly calculated sales tax rates on interstate sales, and in jurisdictions that do not charge sales tax on clothing.

Christine Brown will no longer be selling clothes through her LuLaRoe business, In Touch can exclusively confirm.

The clothing brand at the center of Prime Video's LuLaRich is still kicking, though some retailers aren't happy with the buzzy new docuseries.

Reasons for leaving

The foremost reasons are disbelief both in Joseph Smith as a prophet and in the Book of Mormon as a religious and historical document. Reasons for this disbelief include issues with anthropological, linguistic, archaeological, and genetic evidence against the Book of Mormon in the New World.

What is the new name for the Mormon Church? ›

Please avoid the use of "Mormon Church", "LDS Church" or the "Church of the Latter-day Saints." When a shortened reference is needed, the terms "the Church" or "the Church of Jesus Christ" are encouraged. When referring to Church members, the term "Latter-day Saints" is preferred, though "Mormons" is acceptable.

They are the Mormons who did not go west and settle in Utah, and they are quite different theologically.” So, logically, all followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are technically Mormons. But not all Mormons are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Subjects of criticism of the Book of Mormon include its origins, authenticity, and historicity, which have been subject to considerable criticism from scholars and skeptics since it was first published in 1830.

Members of the LDS Church, also known as Latter-day Saints, constitute over 95 percent of Mormons. The beliefs and practices of LDS Mormons are generally guided by the teachings of LDS Church leaders. However, several smaller groups substantially differ from "mainstream" Mormonism in various ways.

From this viewpoint, Mormonism can be seen to diverge from traditional Christianity in four areas: its views on scripture, the nature of God and the deification of believers; the deity of Christ and the trinity, and finally, salvation.

Its latest findings, detailed recently online, emerge more than a year after the SEC announced the $5 million settlement, stating that top church officials had authorized the creation of 13 shell companies, partly to evade public reporting laws and obscure the size of the faith's investment portfolio.