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Netflix s Murder Among the Mormons co-directors Jared Hess and Tyler Measom were both young six and 14, respectively when a series of Salt Lake City bombings killed several high-profile members of the Mormon church in 1985. The murders drew national attention to the church, which, after a century of being viewed as a sort of outsider religion plagued by 19th-century extermination orders and persecution campaigns, had become and remains one of the fastest-growing denominations in the United States.
The violent nature of the crimes was a juxtaposition against a religious group that is often caricatured for its unrelenting optimism (as David Foster Wallace once wrote, There s always a Mormon around when you don t want one, trying your patience with unsolicited kindness ), and as such, the bombings captured tabloid attention, which quickly gave way to conspiracy theories.
In-person attendance at this yearâs TEDxUSU microlecture event will be âvery limitedâ due to coronavirus restrictions, but organizers are inviting everyone to participate through its free, live webcast.
The series of short lectures will be livestreamed from 6-8 p.m. Friday on the eventâs website.
âUnityâ is the theme of the event, which will feature eight speakers from a broad range of disciplines.
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âTEDxUSU Unity aims to provide unique and diverse perspectives on the underlying unity present in our daily lives,â said USU Science Senator Noah Braeger, coordinator of the event. âOur speakers will describe how developments in their various fields can increase our capacity to find and promote unity.â
How a tiny Utah community fought off an LDS Church housing project and lost a temple
Erda residents balked at plans for a high-density development, and the faith ended up relocating and renaming a planned temple to neighboring Tooele.
(Image courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) An artist s rendering of the exterior of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to-be-constructed Deseret Peak Temple. It was originally going to be built in Erda. It has since been shifted to neighboring Tooele City.
| Feb. 28, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
Erda • It seemed like a fairly typical development dispute between a big-time landowner and existing neighbors over high-density housing in a corner of Utah seeing lots of growing pains these days.