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29946
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English
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Mormonism and Native Hawaiian Religion : It's a Small World After All
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Mormon Pacific Historical Society Proceedings
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16
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1
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Laie, Hawaii
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BYU-Hawaii
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34-39
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This paper is an attempt to bring traditional Hawaiian culture into the orbit of Mormon thought. Why should anyone wish to do this? Because there is much to be gained. If the gospel is to bring us together, we must learn to see beneath the superficial cultural differences which divide us to the common human experience that unites us. Moreover, there is nothing wrong with believing beyond our religious comfort zone for such belief opens doors to new understanding. I think this is what Joseph Smith meant upon remarking that he had never heard "of a man being damned for believing too much but they are damned for disbelief." To disbelieve is to cut oneself off from wider reality to lock oneself into a prison of self satisfaction. [From the text]