I don't want to put down Mitt Romney's Mormon faith

[Dandini]

11. Good for the world

Good for the world... belief in being honest... serving others... place a high value on education... hard-working... productive... self-sufficient... self-reliant... positive... loyal... and so on... the list of good things is long...

2012 – A new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University - Latter-day Saints “volunteer and donate significantly more than the average American and are even more generous in time and money than the upper quintile of religious people in America… When it comes to the time they spend volunteering, the average adult American LDS member contributes as much as seven times more than that of the average American.” The published findings further indicate that these “prosocial behaviors” are reflective of Latter-day Saint teachings, which emphasize service and charity to others.

“…The data shows that Mormons are generally better educated than non-Mormons...” – Source: “Mormons in the United States 1990-2008: Socio-Demographic Trends and Regional Differences” Analysis based on Trinity College’s American Religious Identification Survey, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.

“American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us” (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010), a sociological study conducted by scholars Robert D. Putnam (Ph.D.), and David E. Campbell (Ph.D.) - Among the study’s findings related to Latter-day Saints:

• Mormons are among those most friendly toward those of other faiths, including those outside of Christianity. (505-508)


(November 22, 2010 - ABC 4 News) - A new study released from UCLA finds the healthy lifestyle of LDS faithful pays off. The study finds Mormon men live an average of ten years longer than other males in the United States. Mormon women live more than five years longer than other American females... They credit the healthy lifestyle of Mormons, including no smoking or drinking alcohol.


2012, the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life released a groundbreaking new survey, the first ever published by a non-LDS research organization to focus exclusively on members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintss… The survey also illustrates how important family life is to most members of the LDS Church. Among life's priorities, being a good parent (81 percent) and having a successful marriage (73 percent) place higher than career concerns, having free time or even living a religious life.


the ongoing studies and national surveys continue to show the "good fruit"...