Mormon Heretic

I also blog at Wheat and Tares (starting Oct 2010).  Here are my posts there.

Aug 20. 2012 -

Aug 13, 2012 - Multiple First Vision Accounts

Aug 6, 2012 - FAIR 2012 Recap

July 30, 2012 - Sunstone 2012 Recap

July 23, 2012 - Dehlin asks, “Where do we go?”

July 16, 2012 - Bushman on Sunstone/Dialogue

July 9, 2012 – The Church Should Stay Out of the History Business

July 2, 2012 – The Next Lebron Might Serve a Mormon Mission

June 25, 2012 - Talking to Angels

June 18, 2012 - The Religious Test & Cleanflix

June 11, 2012 - Should the Church Apologize for the Ban?

June 4, 2012 - Was 1978 the right year?

May 28, 2012 - Women and Temples

May 21, 2012 - The Word of Wisdom pre-1843

May 14, 2012 - Mitt, Falwell, and Liberty University

May 7, 2012 - Gender and Intersexuals

April 30, 2012 - Routine Prophecy

April 23, 2012 - Bill Russell: Nephi is Dangerous

April 16, 2012 - Misunderstanding Racism

April 9, 2012 - Mormons Have Sub-par Easter Services

April 2, 2012 - Prince of Peace Dies Violent Death

Mar 26, 2012 - Were Jesus and Mary Married?

Mar 19, 2012 - Scandalous Behavior of Jesus Around Women

Mar 12, 2012 - Smearing Mary Magdalene

Mar 5, 2012 - Priesthood Ban Myths

Feb 27, 2012 - Dumbing Down/Simplifying the Gospel

Feb 20, 2012 - Michael Quinn on Benefits of Correlation

Feb 13, 2012 - Atonement Theories

Feb 6, 2012 - Looking at the BoM as Pseudepigrapha

Jan 30, 2012 - Boomerang Back to Religion

Jan 23, 2012 - Jana Riess: The Mormon Midrash

Jan 16, 2012 - The First Black Mormon Leader: Pete

Jan 9, 2012 - Eating Crow Over Jimmer and Tim Tebow

Jan 2, 2012 - Mixing Religion and Government

Dec 26, 2011 - Was Jesus Born in December?

Dec 19, 2011 - Nauvoo City Council Minutes

Dec 12, 2011 - Manuscript Found – Part 2

Dec 5, 2011 - Looking at the Spaulding Manuscript – Part 1

Nov 28, 2011 - Daniel Peterson: “Some of our manuals I think are not very good.”

Nov 23, 2011 - Notable Deaths in Past 2 Weeks

Nov 21, 2011 - Conflating Cain and Bigfoot

Nov 14, 2011 - Sister Wives are Socialist

Nov 7, 2011 - Mormons Defending the Cross

Oct 31, 2011 - Pre-Halloween Mormon Massacre

Oct 24, 2011 - Woodruff’s Vision of the Founding Fathers

Oct 17, 2011 - Why They Stay

Oct 10, 2011 - Navel Gazing: One Year Later…

Oct 3, 2011 - Why Can’t God Speak English?

Oct 1, 2011 - General Conference Open Thread

Sept 26, 2011 - Book of Mormon Maps

Sept 19, 2011 - The Chicago Experiment

Sept 12, 2011 - 10 Years After 9/11

Sept 5, 2011 - Bloom calls Smith “most eminent intellectual in Mormon history”

August 29, 2011 - Ancient Proof-Texting

August 22, 2011 - Abortion and Crime

August 15, 2011 - The Apocryphal Book of Judith

August 8, 2011 - Interesting Presentations at Weber State

August 1, 2011 - William McCary: the black prophet

July 25, 2011 - Non Traditional Pioneer Stories

July 18, 2011 - Mormons were Anti-Slavery and Anti-Abolitionist

July 11, 2011 - Mountain Meadows is Newest National Historic Landmark

July 4, 2011 - Independence Day Traditions

June 27, 2011 - Perspectives on the Holy Ghost

June 20, 2011 - Jimmermania, Reilly, and BYU fans

June 13, 2011 - 17 Miracles: Faithful and Foolish Pioneers

June 6, 2011 - Using Scriptures to Debunk the Priesthood Ban

May 30, 2011 - MHA 2011 Recap

May 23, 2011 - Mormon Enigmas: Linda Newell and Valeen Avery

May 16, 2011 - Latter-day Dissent

May 9, 2011 - Bishop Ainge Takes in his Troubled Nephew

May 2, 2011 - May Day! Obama Gets Osama

April 25, 2011 - Good Friday, Easter, and Mormons

April 18, 2011 - Richard Gabriel Says Ancient Israelites Were Not Slaves

April 11, 2011 - A Mormon Rescue from the Great Depression

April 4, 2011 - Confession: General Conference Was Difficult for Me

Mar 28, 2011 - Women and Priesthood: The Folly of Conflating Spiritual Gifts

Mar 21, 2011 – Bishop Burton’s Public Stand on Immigration

Mar 14, 2011 - Mormon Women Giving Blessings

Mar 11, 2011 - How would you respond?

Mar 7, 2011 - Development of LDS Temple Worship

Feb 28, 2011 - Why Do LDS Leaders Care So Much About Grooming?

Feb 21, 2011 - Rebuttal to Jockers

Feb 14, 2011 - Who was St. Valentine?

Feb 7, 2011 - Looking at Strang’s Letter of Appointment

Jan 31, 2011 - Mummies in the Temple

Jan 24, 2011 - Which Mormon Candidate for President?

Jan 21, 2011 - LDS Film Festival next week

Jan 17, 2011 - Women and the Melchizedek Priesthood

Jan 10, 2011 - Women with Priesthood in Ancient Christianity

Jan 3, 2011 - What’s Up with Non-Biblical Angels?

Dec 27, 2010 - LDS Apps for the Kindle

Dec 20, 2010 - The Christmas Star in the Book of Mormon

Dec 17 – 2010 -Provo Tabernacle Burns

Dec 13, 2010 - Stories of Jesus’ Childhood

Dec 6, 2010 - The Untold Story of Joseph and Mary

Nov 29, 2010 - Gospel of the Birth of Mary

Nov 22, 2010 -Thanksgiving and Happiness

Nov 15, 2010 - Benson, Eisenhower, and Communism

Nov 8, 2010 - What are we to make of Richard Dutcher?

Nov 1, 2010 -Why Mormons Hated Republicans in the 1800′s

Oct 25, 2010 - Did Peter get Demoted? Was James the Real Leader of Ancient Christianity?

Oct 18, 2010 – History of Fundamentalist Mormons

Oct 11, 2010 – The Passing of Richard Van Wagoner

Oct 10, 2010 – Thanksgiving and Fast Offerings

Oct 4, 2010 – Out with the Old, In with the New

I was a blogger at Mormon Matters from Feb 2009 – Sept 2010.  Here is a list of my posts there.

• Sept 28, 2010 – What do you think of a Mosque at Ground Zero?
• Sept 21, 2010 – Comparing Correlation with the Supreme Court
• Sept 14, 2010 – Mental Illness and Suicide
• Sept 7, 2010 – Coke, Rum Cake, and President McKay
• Aug 31, 2010 – Mormon Bishop Killed at Church
• Aug 24, 2010 – If They Tarry…
• Aug 17, 2010 – Sunstone 2010 – A Feminist Recap
• Aug 10, 2010 – Religious Archaeology and Evidence
• Aug 6, 2010 – Hanging Out with Apostles at Sunstone
• Aug 3, 2010 – Elder Brown Defines Political Extremism
• July 27, 2010 – The Moral Panic Causes Trouble in Zion
• July 25, 2010 – Songs That Touch Our Hearts
• July 20, 2010 – Tackling the Mormon Myth about Alice Cooper
• July 13, 2010 – Strangite Q&A
• July 6, 2010 – Eastern Orthodoxy: Theosis/Deification
• June 29, 2010 – A Horrific Tale of Forgiveness
• June 22, 2010 – Joseph and Sidney: A Strained Friendship
• June 15, 2010 – United Order vs Consecration
• June 8, 2010 – Are you sure you’d like to live the United Order?
• June 1, 2010 – A Schismatic End to the Mormon History Association meetings.
• May 30, 2010 – Prayer and Politics
• May 25, 2010 – Joseph Smith’s Presidential Platform
• May 16, 2010 – Questions About the Exodus
• May 2, 2010 – Book of Mormon on the Baja
• Apr 25, 2010 – Is prayer a form of “deity panhandling”?
• Mar 28, 2010 – Rachel and Leah: A Modern Perspective
• Mar 6, 2010 – Dueling Wordprint Studies
• Feb 27, 2010 – Are Mormon Academics Winning the Debate with Evangelicals?
• Feb 21, 2010 – Home Teaching the Mentally Ill
• Jan 31, 2010 – Mormon Missionaries Die in Romania
• Jan 24, 2010 – For God’s Sake, Blog!
• Jan 16, 2010 – Mormon Innovations: the Pre-Mortal Life
• Jan 2, 2010 – Did Mormon Influence Increase over the Decade?
• Dec 26, 2009 – Virtual PH/RS Lesson: Elder Eyring’s talk and the New Year
• Dec 20, 2009 – Christmas Gifts: Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh
• Dec 13, 2009 – 12 Days of Christmas and 3 Kings Day
• Dec 9, 2009 – A Different Perspective on the Wise Men
• Dec 3, 2009 – Peruvian Setting for the Book of Mormon
• Nov 21, 2009 – Michael Smith Suspended for Iran Comments
• Nov 14, 2009 – Utah Happiest State in Nation
• Nov 10, 2009 – Carthage Conspiracy
• Nov 4, 2009 – Similarities between Lehi and the Lemba
• Oct 25, 2009 – Pres Monson accepts Honor from “School of the Prophets”
• Oct 16, 2009 – It Is Possible to Effect Some Changes in Your Stake
• Sep 27, 2009 – Trading Polygamy for Statehood
• Aug 29, 2009 – Scripture Inerrancy, Literalism, and Pres Veazey
• Aug 23, 2009 – A Case for Slavery
• July 29, 2009 – Why do you go to Church?
• July 9, 2009 – What if Christ’s Bones Were Found?
• July 3, 2009 – Joseph Smith is a Ute!
• July 1, 2009 – Book of Abraham and Gospel of Judas
• June 20, 2009 – Bushman’s Take on Polygamy
• June 14, 2009 – John Hamer returns (sort of)! A Look at the CoC
• June 1, 2009 – A South American Setting for Book of Mormon
• May 28, 2009 – Is Mormon Matters Balanced?
• May 25, 2009 – A Memorial Day Jack Mormon
• May 17, 2009 – My Perspective On Polygamy
• May 15, 2009 – Who’s #2?
• May 10, 2009 – Mother’s Day
• May 4, 2009 – Debunking the Spaulding Manuscript Theory
• May 1, 2009 – Why are the 12 Tribes of Israel Important?
• Apr 24, 2009 – History of Baptism/Mikvah
• Apr 20, 2009 – Unconventional Book of Mormon Geography Theories
• Apr 12, 2009 – Mainstream acceptance of Mormon’s Easter Story?
• Apr 5, 2009 – What’s your position on Euthanasia?
• Mar 28, 2009 – What do you think about Evolution?
• Mar 22, 2009 – The Difference between Persians and Arabs
• Mar 17, 2009 – St Patrick, A Wonderful Missionary
• Mar 14, 2009 – Positive Black History in the Church
• Mar 6, 2009 – More Open Mormon History
• Mar 1, 2009 – Virtual RS/PH Lesson #28 – Missionary Work
• Feb 20, 2009 – Virtual RS/PH Lesson #27 – Apostasy
• Feb 7, 2009 – Joshua’s Unholy War