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This book help me to understand. what could happen and things like this really do happen. Thanks for the support . Teresa

I have always been skeptical of my neighbors, who are mormons, but still good people. And I always saw something a little funny about what they believed in and after reading this book it showed me that there is good reason to be skeptical. In fact I had to read the book twice to grasp the moral and ethical emplacations of this wonderous book that I am graced to have read. I would deffenately reccomend this to anyone who has ever had any intrest in history of contemporary issues.

I found this book to be extremely insightful and informative. Having been raised devoutly mormon in Missouri, I was often told of how blessed I was to be born into the same state to which the Garden of Eden (Adam-ondi-Ahmen, supposedly in Jackson, MO) belonged. I suggest that every Mormon, even thoughs who feel they strongly believe in their faith, to read this book and to be open to the facts. This book forced me to research many issues I had always been uncomfortable with, and to see from an outside perspective how damaging these zealous views can be.

I could not put the book down. I have always known that the LDS church was "a little off" but this book opened my eyes about the true religion. No where can you find information about the church that spells out the truth. It is mind boggling to think that a religious group can be so calculating and so callous to it fellow man. I was skeptical about those who are LDS, but now I am truely "freaked out" by them. Any religon is a cult as far as I'm concerned and this book enforced that fact.

As a native Utahan and former Mormon, I found Under the Banner of Heaven to be completely engrossing. I come from "pioneer stock" as my great-great grandparents on both sides emigrated from Europe directly to Utah in the early 1850's. As a young Mormon, I was filled with many stories about my forefathers and their beliefs as well as the beliefs of LDS Church. When I reached the age of reason, my parents and I and my siblings broke from the Church (Church in Utah means only one thing and is always capitalized!) and we returned to the faith of my great-great-great grandparents.

As children, we were shielded from the "darker side" of our Church's history - never hearing about the Mountain Meadows Massacre. In reading Under the Banner of Heaven many of my childhood questions have finally been answered and I have a better understanding why life in Utah is as it is.

I guess this means God will not give me my own world to rule after I die!

I throughly recommend Under the Banner of Heaven to all open-minded readers - LDS and "Gentile" alike.

Brilliant! Couldn't put it down. Jon Krakauer has truly done his homework. This is no run-of-the-mill murder mystery, but an insightful account into the secret motives, lies, and beliefs that are believed and cherished by millions of Americans. Krakauer powerfully demonstrates how the line between faith and fanaticism is so diaphanous that one can traverse it without ever intending.

I am a "gentile" living in Southern Utah. The accounts and facts that Mr. Krakauer has brought into the light of day have needed airing for a long time. I can attest to his accuracy. I am amazed that the government of the United States allows the state of Utah to operate as it does.

I´m brasilian and got in contact with this religion for the first time through this book, and appears to me an appeling, amazing and very clarifying review about the lifestile of people that I probably will never see.