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Respond to criticism gently, Mormons told

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A top official of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, speaking at the church's General Conference, yesterday urged his fellow Mormons to remain Christian in their response to attacks on their Christianity. In today's Salt Lake Tribune, Peggy Fletcher Stack reports:

"More regrettable than the [LDS] Church being accused of not being Christian is when church members react to such accusations in an un-Christlike way," Apostle Robert D. Hales said on the second day of the two-day conference. "Surely our Heavenly Father is saddened - and the devil laughs - when we contentiously debate doctrinal differences with our Christian neighbors." Sometimes, the best response is to say nothing at all, Hales said. "Meekness is not weakness. It is a badge of Christian courage."

(Photo above, by Getty, shows the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing during the fourth session of the 178th Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.)

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