Mormon Heretic
False Prophets
In the Bloggernacle, it seems that the main players are atheists, liberal Mormons, and Orthodox Mormons. It is pretty rare that an evangelical Mormon enters the debate, and I think is even more rare for a Mormon to become an evangelical. (Granted, my view could be biased by my experience. From my experience, most former […]
Memorial Day Traditions
The last Monday in May is known as Memorial Day in the United States. Originally called Decoration Day, it was started in 1868 as a way to remember the Civil War dead among Union soldiers. (The Confederates had their own day as well.) By the 20th century, Union and Confederate holidays were merged into Memorial […]
Football, CTE, and Agency
Athletes, especially football players, have been involved in some high-profile violent incidents. Dec 16, 2009. Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry had a domestic dispute with his fiance Loleini Tonga. She tried to get away by getting into a pickup truck. He climbed in the back, and while she was driving, either fell or jumped out […]
Masonic Ceremony
I recently watched an interesting documentary, Secrets of the Freemasons. Many of the early U.S. revolutionaries were freemasons; many masons helped plan the Boston Tea Party, although the Tea Party had non-masonic members as well. (Paul Revere, Ben Franklin, John Hancock, in addition to George Washington were masons.) Masons were influential in the founding of […]
Several Thoughts on Mother’s Day
I’ve been having a lot of thoughts about Mothers Day, not all of them related. Let’s start on a positive note. My Mom My mom is the best ever. She is one of the most patient people I know. While I have lots of acquaintances, I’ve never really been very good at making friends. Throughout […]
Can BYU afford to avoid Sunday play?
It has been more than 30 years since BYU won a National Championship in football. Things have changed quite a bit since 1984. Many of the larger schools were upset that the undefeated BYU team (who played in the Western Athletic Conference-WAC) played a 6-6 Michigan team in its final game, and changes soon followed. […]
Have We Lost the War on Drugs?
Richard Nixon started the War on Drugs as a campaign issue to show Republicans were the “law and order” party. Have we won the war on drugs? It seems the answer is “no.” Is it time to re-assess our strategy? Despite the fact that thee United States has just 5% of the world’s population, we […]
Mormon Nazis
“We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law”, states the 12th Article of Faith. So how does the LDS Church respond when missionaries are in a country where Nazis take over the government? David Conley Nelson gives a fascinating history of Mormons in Nazi Germany […]
Dan Vogel takes on Mormonism Unvailed
Mormon scholar Dan Vogel and Signature Books have teamed up to produce a scholarly update to the first anti-Mormon book ever written, Mormonism Unvailed. The book is due to be released on April 20, and Tom Kimball was nice enough to send me a pre-release version to review.
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