What?!? Come on! That wont stop Twilight in its World Domination Mission!! LOL

May the venom be with you! *pulls out nerf sword and dubs you IndiesR of the Cullen coven (with edward sparkles)*

Thats stupid of them.
I'm christian...and no one cares if we read twilight or not!
Wierd!

im christian too and my mom yells at me whenever she sees them on my bookshelf (which is funny because they have been on my shelf for years and ive been a huge fan since the first book came out). she thinks they're evil and i tell her they're not and read them anyway. lol.

Im Christian and my grandma avoids conversations with me because I read Twilight. She thinks that since I read books about vampires that I’m going to become “emo”, and I am nothing like that I am the brightest happy person you would ever meat. Like tweter76 wrote down below “they can take our books, but they can’t take our Twidom.” :-)

no kiddong. just because i like fantasy doesnt mean im going to go out and start drinking blood! jeez, its like lighten up!



they can't take twilight away from us!!!

Its probobly cause shes thinking about the "evil" vampires. My mother thought the same to until i explained it to her and she saw the movie.... now she loves it haha.

thats awesome!!! my mom is pretty pig-headed though. when i try to explain she doesn't listen so i dont bother with trying anymore. she did the same thing about me reading harry potter. with this though, i put my foot down. lol. i can't stop rereading them even if i wanted to!

Yeah - I resisted my daughter's attempts to get me to read it too. Finally gave in when I heard a client say his wife couldn't put them down. Now I'm obsessed. Tell your mom to check out TwilightMoms.com. Maybe then she'll give it a try.

okay! thanks. lol.

Yes, me too. I think some people are a bit like sheep (and not in the good sense, like following Jesus). They don't find out things for themselves, they just take whatever someone tells them as fact. The Twilight series is just about good vs evil and love...not sex, but, love...real love. If the people who are against the Twilight series, then they should be against Snowwhite, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty...etc. It's just a story...a very good story. As long as you're not out there saying, "I want to be a vampire and live forever as a vampire", then, you're ok. It's just make believe...not real. As long as people understand that, then, it's all ok. Don't just follow other people, ask questions and form your own opinions based on your own findings. That's my take on it and I'm sticking to it:)

Lmao.. Thats the funniest thing ever.!

Sometimes I just can't help myself!

Apparantly!
Today is YOUR day, you are so Special to me - if no one else. LOL

*hugs*

Thanks! Right back at you. *hugs*

LMAO! Thank You!!!

LOL! They may be able to take our books, but they'll never take our loyalty!!!!!

OMG . . . reminds me of Bravehart "they can take our lives, but they can't take our freedom."

For the Twi-pire . . . "they can take our books, but they can't take our Twidom."

lol

lol I love it!

:)

That's for sure! Twilight World Domination Mission is in FULL effect! LOL

ya so true hahahah WORLD DOMINATION baby hahahahaha :D

lol. i know what you mean. the TWILIGHT saga is sold EVERYWHERE!!!
i'm LDS and i've read the series and most of my close mormon relatives have all read them and we all love them.
i think it's understandable that they took them off the shelves, but i dont know why some people make such a big deal about it.
this sounds like the shop did it because of complaint.
what are they going to do next... ex-com Steph??.... i dont think so.

I am LDS and while I love the twilight series, I did think it was wierd they were selling them at the church bookstore...That bookstore is more for religious reading materials, and music and things like that. I'm sure they have no problem with the books themselves, just thought maybe they weren't right for their book store. I get it. They aren't being Haters. We LDS housewives are all in love with twilight anyways!!! :)

I agree Mel. They aren't being haters, they are just being a religious bookstore with religious thematic. They don't sell Orson scott Card's non-religious books, either, and he is LDS, too. But I do wonder why Host is still in there...? Hmmmm....

But in wither case, chill out everyone. Mormons LOVE Twilight, at least Mormon women. :)

I wouldn't call them haters. Everyone has their beliefs and if its a religious book store I understand why they wouldn't want this sitting next to religious books.

Amen Sister.

Agreed! It's not that mormon's don't like the book or don't approve of it, they just don't usually carry many books like that at Desseret. It's not saying Utah doesn't carry the books. They may just not be selling at Desseret so they didn't feel the need to carry the stock. I mean seriously, how many people bought their Twilight copies from Deseret?! I am mormon and both my husband and I LOVE the series, so don't be bashing the mormons people!!!

yeah, not many people would think to buy them at deseret book. I got mine at walmart and bought the first 3 off amazon. It's not a mormon thing!!!

Our local Deseret had a midnight party for the release of Breaking Dawn.. I thought that was weird... try not to read into it.. now if the first presidency came out and said not to read them, then we could have an interesting response on our hands.

Totally agree, it has nothing to do with the LDS being against Twilight. I'm LDS and all my friends and I are totally obsessed. They just aren't the right books for this kind of book store. I really don't think it's a big deal, they aren't religious books so there is really nothing wrong with them not being sold at a religous book store.

THANK YOU for posting this! My mom is LDS and she's the one who turned me onto the series, and if you're familiar with Mormon doctorine, there's actually a fair amount that slips into Twilight -- without being at all heavy or obvious -- like denying the natural man and such.

But the point is that Deseret is a *religious* bookstore, not an all-purpose book store. You go there to get a new set of scriptures or a copy of the hymn book to keep at home, not to pick up non-religious fiction.

So thanks again for posting this, because I think it's really important that people not get the impression that Mormons in general or the church leadership specifically are against Twilight. That's so not the case. Deciding not to sell Twilight in a religious bookstore shouldn't surprise anyone at all.

I am LDS as well and I agree with you, they aren't being haters. It's not a regular bookstore. It's all religious material. And the LDS housewives are TOTALLY all in love with the series! Haha

they are afraid that the saga will take over the bible
as the bible in five volumes
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
Midnight Sun

Oh PLEASE! Its a BOOK for crying out loud. If anything I wish the series was more adult like.

Ok. The people who said that "Christians don't believe in fantasy" THat is just not true. Yes, there are some Christians who don't believe in fantasy. There are also Christians who don't dance, drink, gamble, see movies, or who let their women dress in pants, etc. etc. However, in no way does that apply to ALL Christians. Specific religions, yes, but not Christianity as a whole. I am a Christian and I LOVE fantasy books and I love to dance and have fun.

yup i feel ya on this..Im a Christian also and I love Si-Fi/fantasy books and movies. who says all Christians are againt Fantesy like Harry Potter and such. dude Lord of The Rings *Fantasy* for example that had wizards, elfs, Trolls, Orks.....um that book was written by a chriatian J.R.R. Toiken

Twilight saga rox my socks :)

my socks are on fire!!!!

lol why are they doin that? thats just stupid the cullens are like the saints of the vamp world but watever its there loss.

i think it is totally fair to say that faith , politics and the twilight saga as pertaining to a blog session is as dangerous a mix as vampires and werewolfes you gus, it really doesnt matter, you can buy these books if you dont all ready have copies 9yeah right like thats a problem for any of us) at a thousand and one diffrent places, every on eshould just kiss and make up, its the cristian thing to do right?

Yes...the title of this post is very misleading. However, Deseret Book is technically owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints since it is owned by Deseret Management Corporation which in turn is owned by the church. But that does not mean that the LDS Church makes any decisions in what is put on or taken off the shelves. In fact, the church only owns the holding firm company and each individual corporation or company makes its own decisions. That being said, the board of directors has every right to pull any book they want off the shelves. I am sure that this was done to preserve their market base and customer loyalty. As a business, they have every right to uphold their image and company values.
To those who want to buy the books, go to Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble. This really isn't a big deal people. It is just a business doing business and nothing more.

I was thinking the exact same thing :) it isn't a big deal. I agree 100% with you :D

maybe it's some kind of a marketing action for the church? :D
now even the Europeans know that it exists! LOL

Any Mormons out there want to comment on parallels between the Cullens and Mormons? I have not read any articles dissecting this but the occasional comment has been made that the series is "thinly veiled Mormon propaganda." Such as, the living forever thing. Isn't that like the book that you guys think everyone's name is written in? Or, the abstaining from human blood (as in, our animalistic human natures, caffeine, alcohol, ciggys, etc.) allowing the Cullens to form deeper bonds of love and companionship? What do you think? Obviously, Meyer wrote a lot of things that you can't draw these parallels. But on a basic level?

I don't think it's necessarily Mormon propaganda. Stephenie Meyer is Mormon and has been her whole life. I think that many of those life experiences and beliefs would work their way into the stories without her trying. She just wrote about things that made sense and mattered to her, that's all. So of course it would have many of the same morals and ideas as her religion.

Well put

Actually, you could have a long discussion on the parallels between the Cullen's and Mormon Doctrine. It might freak you out a little though..;)

I don't think you could freak me out. . . I am a Christian, not a Mormon, but I respect all religions. Love the Twilight saga, on plot points alone. Like intelligent analysis of anything. You were saying?

I don't know what this bookstore is? Some religious one? I guess a romance and then further on a love triangle that ends in a marriage and some gruesome birth and well turning into a newborn vampire with steamy scenes between a human teenage girl, a vampire and also a teenage boy turning werewolf MAY be a bit too much take for the customers at the store? lol.

Fiction may not always be easy to read for some ppl hehe.

hahaha...what a bunch of HATERS!! It's the same reaction with harry potter...they wanted to ban those books/movies too...ppl should read whatever they want to read..you cant stop the SAGA!!!!

the LDS wanted to ban those books and movies too? or are you saying "they" as in christians in general? cause if its in general then i must say that my church didn't do any such thing. And this isn't a mission to stop the saga, it's simply to keep the interest of their customers for business. most people who go to their stores are probably looking for inspirational soul searching books. unfortunately, Twilight doesn't fall into that category so it's not selling. if it's not selling then might as well pull it from the shelves. simple as that :) i don't see this as a "threat" to the twilight fandom

Well, I'm LDS and I know a lot of LDS people (including my family members) that love Harry Potter too, along with Twilight, the church never said anything about banning them, they just didn't put them in their religious based book store that talks about religion. They put Twilight in there because Stephenie Meyer just happens to be LDS, it's nothing to freak about. I'm sure that they were just supporting her because many people have misconceptions about LDS people (Mormons as many say) and they were helping people to know that we aren't weird, a lot of people just make assumptions and hear what they want to hear.

I'm surprised it was in the first place.

OK? IDK what to say to this!!

I DO know what to say. I'm not going to go all God Squad, but I would hope that in this day and age that people would be secure enough in their faith in God NOT to be threatened by a work of fiction. Also, I find it hard to believe that we are still experiencing this kind of censorship in this country. What would Jesus do? Gimme a break.

Apparently vampires are a no-no, but sharing your body with a foreign entity is a-okay; according to this church book store.

LOL~

I am not surprised. I feel that the books are remarkably clean for an adult book but I still don't see them as young adult. Also, as a Christian we are supposed to steer away from "fantasy". Perhaps that is why they pulled them. They don't want their congregation to have emotional connections to vampires, werewolves and mystical ideology.

I live in Utah and I think it's the stupidest thing ever.....the "church" makes no sence to me. UGH! get a grip people.

I need that book stand thing! i know thats really random, but i need it lol

order the 4pk from amazon . . . .

ooh, i knew that lol
thanks :)

no problem! i was gonna spend 85 on the whole set until someone redirected me to amazon . . . i didn't even think about it!



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But aren't the Cullen religious? I know Edward says at some point he belived there was life after death...for humans at least.

Sometimes I really hate living in Utah. I swear, we're not all like this!

haha too late, nobody likes you anymore *wink* :D

Okay seriously, just ignore me. I'm just in a bad mood today. lol

You're funny when you're in a bad mood!

lol

I wonder how SM feels about it...

It's SM a Moreman? I don;t understand there is not pre-maritial sex, no drugs, he refuses to steal her soul, and should I still go on. Yes this is totally nothing that a christian church would promote but come one the presents of GOD is in the book. Life after death is always in the back of Edwards mind. You know they do this just for attention because religion hasn't exactly been in the papers or news here lately.

I'm LDS and I know for a fact that our religion doesn't like that kind of attention, a lot of us are persecuted anyway, we don't need any more of that kind of recognition.

stupid, stupid, stupid.....

Okay so I have read all the books and I believe in god! But I think that the books are very respectful to religion. Especially compared to other books!! They talk about the fact that the vampires do believe that there is a god! So there fore i think that what this church book store did is crap!

As someone said above, it's the same situation as with Harry Potter. Stephanie is an incredible writer, hence the reason this series is so popular among adults and teens alike, but it is a fantasy book, and the church doesn't agree with fantasy, magic, and the like. While I love the series, I can't judge a group for their beliefs. (Even though they are reeeeally missing out). As far as 'The Host' goes... I guess it's only a matter of time until they pull that too?

The LDS Church has no issues with Harry Potter or magic or wizardry or mystical creatures per se. anythign uplifting goes, and I hardly know a MOrmon who doesn't love Harry potter and / or The Twilight series. It's not about that.

Deseret Books is a religious store, mostly selling books that have religious thematic or doctrinal value. Twiligth just doesn't fit the bill for that particular store.. but it has nothing to do with how the Church feels about the books. Also, the store isn't owned by the Church anyway.

Ok here is the only flaw I see in your theory.......if Deseret books is a religious bookstore and the books they have on their shelves are supposed to have a religious thematic or doctrinal value then why did they have the Twilight saga on their shelves in the first place??? You can say that it has nothing to do with how the church feels about the books but that is somewhat inaccurate otherwise it would still be on the shelves. They obviously have other non-religious books in the store..... or am I incorrect in that assumption? If Deseret Books was meant to supply purely religious based texts then that is all it should be selling!

I have a strong faith in God but not such a strong faith in the church and I am deeply offended by this move. I found there was a lot of love and respect in this series and a lot more then one or two honourable mentions of religious themes and I feel almost like the books are being forbidden because some people...who probably havent even read the series....find it offensive! This is why there is supposed to be a separation of religion and business. The church should just be teaching people the way of God and letting them choose between right and wrong not dictating how businesses should be run or what they should or should not sell. I realize this is on a small very minut scale but to me its a form of repression and I am deeply offended!

The books have objectionable material in them. I love them, but that doesn't be they aren't of an adult nature and not something that belongs in a church book store. This isn't the first LDS author they have had to take a line with and I'm sure it won't be the last. And thus far all the LDS authors have understood completely why the decision is made.

Its not repression when you can buy it in every corner store in the country. They don't have to sell what they don't want to.

You need to go look up the term Repression. Because it does not mean what you think it means.

Then they should never have been sold on the shelf of such a bookstore in the first place! It was never a secret what "objectionable" material was in the books in the first place.

And yes you are right forcing them to sell the book also would be a form of repression and I realize that these books can be bought everywhere else also but I still believe that because the books are now no longer allowed to be sold in a religious book store is also a form of repression which goes along with many years of ideas and truths repressed by religious powers for the purpose of controlling the flow of ideas of followers!

You can argue that this issue is on a minor scale and that it is being blown out of proportion to which I can agree......but then again all the major events in life and history started with small ideas!

And I think I know what repression means since I am a grown educated woman but maybe a better choice of word would have been suppression. Supression is a form of repression....its in the dictionary. Satisfied?

Perhaps I could agree with you if they were telling the LDS population not to buy the books in general. But they are not. They are simply saying that they have gotten enough questionable feedback from their customers to warrent their being pulled form the shelves and not offered any more. Thats not supression or repression its free market values.

maybe you are right but who is to decide what is direct suppression and what is implied.....just something to think about

I just wanted to reiterate my earlier point that the Church does not own Deseret Books. If Deseret Books wants to pull out the books for whatever reason, it doesn't mean that the Church disapproves of the books. Please don't be offended at the church, be offended at the general management of Deseret Books.

Since this bookstore is private owned, I guess they have the choice what to put in their shelves. Deseret bookstore is known for their wholesome image. I guess the Breaking Dawn book is somewhat questionable to their standards. Oh well, I got my copies long time ago, and it's not like the book is not sold everywhere. I guess that bookstore just wanted to protect their reputation. Better safe than sorry. I respect them for that though. They know they will be ridiculed and hated, yet they stood up for what they believe in. Sounds like Carlisle to me!

Doesn't Deseret Books sell more books that are Adult reading than Young Adults?

I mean, that's why The Host is still there; it's not a young adult book.

I work at Deseret Book and when our store first pulled the books they told me it was because they "didn't sell". I knew that was not true, they sold like candy! When I later asked my manager she said it was because many of the stores were having people complain that they weren't appropriate. What's funny is that I've read books that the store sells that have worse scenes in them then the twilight saga..

This is interesting, straight from the horses mouth. I just like to read the comments, so I'm not saying anything.

UUGGHH! Bible thumpers-- AKA- people who pretend to be Christian and act Holier than thou make me so frustrated. I am a Christian- Big time- I will never understand why on Earth some people think that a good book will bring the devil crashing in on them.. I wonder.. did they take the Devinci Code off the shelves? More than likely the patrons own a copy of that one. Such hypocrites.

They never carried the Devinci Code. Don't comment on things you don't understand. This is seriously not a big deal. Its not a big chain. Its a private religious bookstore. They aren't saying the book is bad. Just that it doesn't fit their purposes. There is no Holier than thou. Yes all of them have probably read the book. And its not like you can't get the book at every other retail outlet on the corner.

Nicely put Fred033!!

This isn't a bookstore like Barnes & Noble...it sells religious books and the like. A few Novels, but mostly with an underlying LDS point of view. I think the only reason they were ever in the store at all was because they were written by an LDS Author. They're not being "Holier than thou", These books just aren't the type of books they sell, and wile "clean", they are a little racy from an LDS perspective. Boyfriend sleeping over? Holy Cow! lol. It's not a book burning folks, just demographics.

LOL it's funny because I'm Mormon...

Dear NewMoonMovie.org, would you mind changing the title of your post because it's misleading and untrue. The LDS Church did not pull out the books, it was a privately owned religious book store called Deseret Books. The LDS Church does NOT own Deseret Books. Thank You (and keep up the great work!)

Actually, in a way the church does own Deseret Book. I looked it up on Deseretbook.com. The LDS church owns the holding firm that owns the company. However, the church does not make any decisions regarding book sales or promotions. So in a way you're still right :)

Stacey, thanks for clearing that up. I just wanted to make the point up there that the fact that Deseret Books isn't selling the books any more has nothing to do with how church leaders feel abou them. I've just been reading a lot of comments of people saying the church disapproves of the books or vampires or Edward. that's NOT the case.

I bet the removed them cause all of us mormons already own at least one set of the books... there is no one else to sell them to! :)

At LEAST one set...per female! Gotta support Sister Meyer!

Not entirely sure what to say to this. No offense to anyone but its a book for crying out loud and to be honest the scenes that possibly made them pull the books are not that bad. But hey i guess its up to them what they sell on their shelves even if to me it seems rather stupid.

I mean seriously SM books have been out for how long? They are just "NOW" taking her saga off the shelves? I really think this is funny. I know Christian people who love fantasy movies. They are all into HP books and movies just like the Twilight Saga. I have to laugh at this.

So ridiculous!

Hey I guess that edward tearing bella's stomach apart with his teeth to bring there beautiful half breed baby into the world was a lil to much for them hehehe. I think thats pretty absurd considering the god they worship was nailed to a cross through his wrist....... like thats not grusome. My god would let me read whatever i wanted.

come on now, thats retarded!!! im telling you about these closed minded people.

What?? Thats freakin insane!!! I am a christain, and I am obsessed with Twilight. Hey and at least it teaches moral values like abstinence!!! Hello, they need to cut the hypocritical crap!!! I realize it was not the church that decided, and I understand why a christain bookstore wouldt sell them..I know that the bookstore at my church wouldnt sell them, but some christains are hypocritical about Twilight and Harry Potter...I just hate how some christains, and religous people, are judgemental, it gives us christains a bad name!! Trust me, most of my christian friends and family members are not like this!

NewMoonmovie.org, please rename the heading! I really don't like that it says "LDS church pulls Twilight from shelves" when it was the bookstore itself. The church and their leaders and our beliefs had nothing to do with the bookstore's decision to pull the books. Now everyone is judging mormons and saying they are closed minded and dissing our beliefs when they really don't know the situation. Mormons have no problem with the Twilight series, in fact, if they've read it, they LOVE it! Please rename the title saying that Deseret Books has pulled the books from their shelves. THANK YOU!!

The church owns the store so it does have something to do with the church. The church is like the big guy who tells people what to do. They have something to do with it. Just look at both sides and see.

Maybe so but it is misleading to non LDS readers. The church leaders did not ban the book itself and people are drawing conclusions against the church because of it. Why not be more specific in saying that Deseret Books took them off their shelf?

twilighters, obviously no one was buying the bigs, so they decided not to sell it anymore. it would be a waste a shelf space to keep for books no on buys.

...because they bought their copies ages ago...

oops, i meant books, not bigs.

I think that it is not the people who complained about the books. I believe that they waited until the whole inventory ran out then stopped buying them because of the economy.

Okay guys, although we are ALL entitled to our opinion here on the website, please, some of you are being disrespectful to religious people and that is NOT nice!! Yes, it's a shame that they're taking our beloved saga out of thier book shelves and I AM a Catholic young woman who see's nothing wrong in my treasure books, but everybody is different and has different perspectives on things, so please don't be disrespectful. Make your comment, but think in fast forward if someone might get offended or hurt by your comment ok? Just be nice =]

I agree with the people saying the title of the post should be changed, NewMoonMovie.org. The LDS church didn't do anything, the bookstore did.

I think that religion is a sensitive topic with dramatically differing opinions for everyone so you will get strong opinionated responses from people regardless of the what the topic was about.....and the fact that this also has to do with our precious Twilight saga, which all of us on here feel so much love for, the responses are going to be even more emotionally triggered. Regardless of our beliefs it is not appropriate to attack people of certain faith.....simply share your opinion, respectfully, and move on with the debate!

faith and politics are never good for a blog subject... trust me I have experience with this.

that is pathtic!?!?!
I am Christian
and no one cares
if i read it.
How Stupid!?!?!
PATHTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats so retarded..especially because Stephenie Meyer is mormon!
I am catholic and I read whatever I want..I mean come on its FANTASY!
there's nothing wrong with a little imagination

opps thats *guys* and *christian*

The church store probably had the Twilight saga there in the first place because Stephenie Meyer is a Mormon, she's a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints, something they should be very proud of!

Honesetly I don't see what the big deal is. So this bookstore took it off their shelf. I live in the heart of the Bible Belt, and alot of the christian bookstores here never carried it on their shelves anyway. You all are making it sound like its armageddeon or something. As far as to the why? does it really matter.

Haha! That's ridiculous.
But Deseret Book sells more adult books than young adults. So it makes sense.

Only Mormons would find this funny, which I do. x)

It has nothing to do with religion, just that it's a young adult book. I'm LDS so....

I don't care though. Twilight is only sold EVERYWHERE else.

They are a small book store with limited space. Just about everyone who want's Twilight has it. Deseret can't spare the room. The fact that they even carried it shows they aren't against the series.

i know why they did that, but it frustrates me how people judge before they even know what twilight's all about!

come on now.. they are just books and to say they pull books that get mixed reviews is bs.. if they were as half as bad do you think parent would allow their pre-teen kids buy them.. this must have something to do with the story line, and if that is offensive to you get over it.. the books are awsome and it make a lot of girls and women, such as myself hope that one day we all find our Edward

>>What I find weird is, teens everywhere use drugs, and no one really tries to stop them..

...but when theres teens reading books.. they have a hissy fit and take them away.

I don't understand lol.

Dude, who are you??? Nobody tries to stop teens from using drugs??? Are you kidding me? There are tons of anti-drug commercials, ads, billboards, etc out there and I'm sure people would freak out if they walked in the book store while someone there was shooting up. come on!

Calm down.

I meant that out of all the crap in the world, they make an effort to take away something so small and harmless, like books from a book store.

Just chill.

Well selling a popular YA book in a Religious book store is like selling Snickers in GNC store, lol. They have nothing against the series is just not a religious book.

HA! What a good way to put it!

This blog post title is not politically correct.
You can still buy the Twilight Series on the University Campus there in Provo. The school that Stephenie Meyer went to - BYU- the UNIVERSITY IS RUN and OPERATED by the LDS church.
The church has 100000% say what goes on on that campus and the twilight books are STILL BEING SOLD THERE!!!! The LDS leaders are not anti-twilgiht.
This is a Deseret Company decisions, so really I'm starting to wonder if the post master on this website is a little bit prejudice.
Thanks for stating lies about mormons, again.

That's so strange. It's just a book. They don't have to make such a big deal out of it. People don't just have to go to their store to buy Twilight, they can go to the library or any other bookstore.

The host isn't religious.. but its still there.

Guys, I am LDS and the reason why they pulled it was because of the whole sex thing. Breaking Dawn was a little to much I guess! (Even though I loved it!) The whole romance was to... unclean I guess. I personally don't get why some LDS people freak out like this, cause I sure don't! But that's the real reason!

A lot of LDS people love Twilight. The only reason that it got pulled form the shelves is because the fourth book got a little too intense. ( you know what I mean) It isn't really that big a deal. It's just a book. People can buy it anywhere else. Stephenie Meyer is LDS too anyways.

I think it's funny that everyone cares that they took the books off their shelves. They probably just had some complaints b/c it's a book store that sells LDS church books. Twilight books are awesome but they're not church books. Big deal. Go to Barnes & Noble. I'm sure everyone really shopped there for their Twilight books anyway.

First off while the books are to longer on the shelves, Deseret Book will still special order the books for anyone. So the books are not banned. In my town's Deseret Book they only ever had 5-6 copies on the shelf at a time anyway and they sold at regular price. I always ordered the books from Amazon or bought them from Walmart because they were so much cheaper. Now if you have ever been in a Deseret Book you would know that most of their customers are over 45, not really within the Twilight fan base, so I can see why having the books would not serve a majority of their customers. Besides there are only 38 stores in the US most of which are in the west so I doubt it will be hurting book sales. I ask that those making comments about the LDS church in general please keep in mind that Stephanie Meyers herself is LDS and has a large LDS fan base ( most of which did not buy our books from Deseret Book and probably wouldn't have thought to). I agree with those who have said the website needs to change this title to Deseret Book Pulls Twilight From Store Shelves. At least out of respect for Stephanie. Just remember what I said at the beginning if you really want to get Twilight from Deseret Book they will be happy to order it for you.

OMG! That is utter ridiculousness!!! You can't judge a book because you think its violent!! I mean, come on! Movies like saw and so on are more violent then that book! I have made a breaking dawn fan video, and it was made without all the bloodshed, seriously! Im not joking! This sounds like a terrible plug, but look at it!! It was made without violence and sexual material at all!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciR7fYKqnQM&feat...

Its quite popular, because I focused on the love and joy of Nessie, while maintaining her birthing scene into a decent setting!! People need to imagine the scenes beyond the words, and take it for what it is, a beautiful scene of love and devotion to thier daughter!!!

well said kaekae (and anyone else who said the same-ish thing). I am ALSO an LDS, and I ALSO think that it's not a big deal to not sell Twilight books at Deseret Books.

It's NOT ANYTHING AGAINST TWILIGHT at all, it's just the fact that Deseret Books are shops that sell DIRECTLY RELIGIOUS STUFF, such as Bibles, Hymn Books, etc.

Also the whole sex thing. . . Don't get me wrong, LDSs do NOT find anything wrong with sex after marriage (just like most Christians) but it just kind of made the books more out of place, with all the Bibles and that.

It's like selling plates at a restaurant. Close. . . but not quite ;D

The Latter-day Saints aren't Christians, they like, believe in this other religion thing as well. One of their churches is near mine, so I know.

REALLY?! Please do some research before posting such a thing!! LDS people ARE Christians. To be a Christian is to believe in Christ. That's kind of the center of the religion!!

The Add says "what causes irational behavior?" An i said out loud "The Cullen boys!"

If the store owners feel that they want to pull the books of their shelves, well then it is up to them what they do or do not want to carry in their store. As for whether or not the books are evil, or what defines a Christian, please can we discuss things which are more important for the survival of humanity such as love, peace, and forgiveness. I do have to say however that I do favor Harry Potter over the Twilight books.

I go 2 that church but in england and our church dont care if we read twilight books so stop badmouthin us

I READ MOST OF PEOPLES COMMENTS AND FIND IT TOTALLY HILARIOUS THAT WHOEVER WROTE THAT ARTICLE GOT THE EXACT REACTION THEY WANTED, THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE ALONE UPSET MANY FANS. THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN OUT FOR AWHILE (maybe pulled off sales slowd down, or whateva) & WHEN THE MEDIA GOT WIND OF IT BEING PULLD OFF THE SHELVES (IN THAT PARTICULAR STORE) LIGHT WENT ON, "let's just add a little twist to the article, fire things up a little)" Media can be very DANGEROUS SHLD LOOK AT THE WIRTER of article, MY 3 DAUGHTERS READ THE BOOKS GAVE THEM 2 TO ME read them, lovd them theyr'e just a beautiful love story it's cleaner than most books around today, HOPE THE MOVIES DO THE SERIES JUSTICE.