Mormonism by country Id dig it if I saw a category or articles that gave historyinformation on Mormonism as practiced around the world a la CategoryRoman Catholic Church by country  Knowing how China treats Catholics I really wanted information on how China treats mormons This would be a great expansion project for some dedicated editors   I dont know how China treats Mormons but my guess is that there are very few The LDS church has a policy of not proselytizing in countries where doing so is illegal so my guess is that there are very very few native Chinese converts There are some branches in China but theyre all Englishspeaking and my guess would be that they are primarily foreign diplomats and business people and their families who are temporarily living in China    PS This talk page is massive and desperately needs archiving    Au contraire mon ami Forgive my bad french Its actually more like misplaced ISO characters Whatever The Church has a mission in Hong Kong that coincidentally merged into China when China took Hong Kong back Theres even a temple there    And college students I met a large number of Chinese students at BYU While not all convert there is a significant group that does get baptised In addition there must be some sort of recognition with an LDS temple in Hong Kong but the church would not be allowed to prostelytize on the mainland     Largest Beef Ranch   I was perusing the article and ran across the statement in the finances section that the church ownes and operates the largest beef ranch in the USworld  Well that isnt true  The King Ranch in Texas is a bit larger at  acres httpwwwkingranchcomindexiehtm  I dont know how you would like to correct the information  I dont know if you can say that it is the second largest as there isnt a list of top  ranches out there I could find    It is a very large ranch by any measure but not the largest  Agree we should change or clarify Do you know which is larger in production    Freemasonry  It is very interesting to find there is no reference in this article to Freemasonry which is where almost all of the ritual in Mormon worship derives its origin even down to the undergarments and the symbolism thereof  Has anyone considered investigating this further or is such discussion offensive to Mormons      I dont think its considered offensive but probably inaccurate It may be said that but such a statement lacks any substantiation and is therefore not a Neutral POV you can say that some people think that Mormon rituals derive from freemasonry but youd also have to say that Latter day saints themselves believe that their rituals come instead by revelation See also heading LDS  Masonry lytourgysymbols in Archive    August   With as much information as there is on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints in Wikipedia it cannot all be contained on one page  The relationship of Joseph Smith Jr with Freemasonry is explored on the endowment article  The similarities that you have brought up are explored on the Mormonism and Freemasonry article These things have not been ignored     Comment by Trenidor I dont think its in anyway related to freemasonry All of the beliefs are contained in already published and readily accessable sources such as The Churchs Magazines The Book of Mormon the Docterin and Covenants as well as the many Confrence talks and any published work by the church All of which can be found on the LDS website The Temple Garment thing is in the DC the fact of the matter is that most people dont realize all the things untill someone points them out which is one of the reasons they are considered sacred  Comment from KeithM i understand where youre comming from but it is just as equally plausable for the practice of wearing ritualistic garments to have came from the american indian being indian myself spirit shirts are incredibly close to the same practice of undergarment wearing by both LDS members and that of other religions Considering many of the early church missionaries taught the american indians because they were considered a sp