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Who owns the name “Mormon”?
religionnews.com ^ | Apr 24, 2014 | Jana Riess

Posted on 04/25/2014 12:28:23 PM PDT by Gamecock

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1 posted on 04/25/2014 12:28:23 PM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Colofornian; greyfoxx39

Ping


2 posted on 04/25/2014 12:29:22 PM PDT by Gamecock (The covenant is a stunning blend of law and love. (TK))
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To: Gamecock

Mitt Romney must own it. Every time he was talked about I thought Mormom was his first name.


3 posted on 04/25/2014 12:30:50 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Gamecock

Obama and Biden own five sixths of it! After all, the are MORONs.


4 posted on 04/25/2014 12:32:00 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: Alex Murphy
And let's not forget Hot Mormon Muffins:


5 posted on 04/25/2014 12:32:56 PM PDT by Gamecock (The covenant is a stunning blend of law and love. (TK))
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

And Obama and Biden worship at the altar of the Church of Woodrow Wilson and Latter Day Sinners, the MORONS.


6 posted on 04/25/2014 12:33:54 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Have a wonderful day!)
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To: Gamecock

Did they file a trademark on it?


7 posted on 04/25/2014 12:35:45 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Gamecock

If they haven’t protected Mormon as a trademark, no one owns it. Public domain.


8 posted on 04/25/2014 12:36:16 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: massgopguy

Mostly Romneybots mentioned it. Those opposed to Mitt Romneycare focused on Socialized medicine, homosexual marriage, homosexuals in the boy scouts, abortion, and securing the border.


9 posted on 04/25/2014 12:38:30 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Gamecock

I believe the Mormon religion and church is largely a business enterprise, more of a corporate business/religion, even their after life and entrance into temples is based largely on a financial basis with firmly enforced rules on mandatory tithes in addition to other rules which are investigated, and if accepted, then proper church ID is issued to verify religious status.


10 posted on 04/25/2014 12:39:26 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: Gamecock

Mormon is just one of many Frankenwords to spring from the forehead of Joseph Smith & into the book of collected fables of the same name.

There’s Mormon, Moroni, Mosiah, Ether, Nephi, Helaman, Omni, Lehi, Jarom, Alma, and...(first prize!)...SHIZ!!!

However, works of fiction can be copyrighted, so why shouldn’t the LDS claim clear title to “Mormon”?


11 posted on 04/25/2014 12:39:52 PM PDT by elcid1970
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So now the name presbyterian or protestant should be considered ‘special’ as well?


12 posted on 04/25/2014 12:40:57 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: elcid1970

Copyright doesn’t extend to a title, and besides, the Book of Mormon is way old enough to be public domain.


13 posted on 04/25/2014 12:41:18 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Gamecock

Does Mormon dating include threesomes?


14 posted on 04/25/2014 12:45:46 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: Gamecock

Nobody ever talks about the root meanings of the word:

“Mor”- Alone

“mon”- Man

Man Alone.


15 posted on 04/25/2014 12:51:52 PM PDT by Safrguns (PM me if you like to play Minecraft!)
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To: elcid1970

I agree, they made it all up, therefore it’s theirs. It should be treated in the same way as any other work of fiction.


16 posted on 04/25/2014 12:52:19 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: Genoa

Of course you’re right, I’m just thinking that the Church of LDS Inc. has the legal horsepower to sue the pants off anyone who “misuses” the term Mormon, especially if the target’s located in Utah or the intermountain corridor.


17 posted on 04/25/2014 12:56:50 PM PDT by elcid1970
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So now the name presbyterian or protestant should be considered ‘special’ as well?

I wasn't aware that a private organization was being sued by a church/denomination for the unauthorized use of those terms.

18 posted on 04/25/2014 1:01:51 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy

And you don’t get absurdity through irony???


19 posted on 04/25/2014 1:03:49 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Nifster
And you don’t get absurdity through irony???

When it happens, you'll be permitted to call it "irony" :)

20 posted on 04/25/2014 1:06:25 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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