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Time 's "Mormons, Inc." cover story details the riches of the church founded by Joseph Smith: It values the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' assets (which include the country's biggest cattle operation) at $30 billion.
To hold the priesthood is a euphemism for any sort of physical affection displayed by women towards men (since all men, at least in principle, are members of the priesthood); the Word of Wisdom is a reference to Mormons' dietary laws (which prohibit smoking, alcohol, drugs, and caffeine-containing hot drinks); Primary is a reference to children up to the age of eleven (as with the Relief Society, this is an example of the name of the organization being extended generally to its members).
The National Basketball Association fined Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman $50,000 for insulting Mormons.
The most avid practitioners are Mormons, who believe that ancestors can be saved through posthumous baptism and have established 3,200 genealogy libraries around the world to encourage conversions.
A temple is a building where, as a rule, no meetings are held but where Mormons go for certain ceremonies, including vicarious ordinances (ordinances on be half of one's ancestors), for celestial marriages (technically, celestial marriage is the institution of marriage that extends past death, as generally understood, and the wedding ceremony itself is called a temple marriage ), and a place where one receives one's endowment .
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