Intellectualism
Being Grateful for Boring Church
When I first started blogging nearly 10 years ago, I complained about how boring church was. This prompted some to ask me why I went. Why I go to church was one of my surprisingly popular posts over the years. In my ward, some of the priesthood leaders wanted to talk about Ordain Women, and the […]
Honorable Mention Dissident?
A few weeks ago, Rock Waterman announced that he was pleased to be included in a list of top ten LDS Dissidents and Troublemakers. I read through the list of the top ten, wondering why John Dehlin was merely an honorable mention. I also wondered who Adrian Larsen was. I had never heard of him. […]
Atheist finds Garden of Eden
Where is the Garden of Eden? I watched a really interesting documentary, part of the Myth Hunters series found on Netflix, Youtube, and CafeMom. They noted that the garden story is so vague that it could be anywhere. The film notes that a Boston University president felt is was in North Pole, Mormons felt it […]
Is John going down?
John Dehlin has posted an update to his discussions with his Stake President. The stake president has asked John several things in regards to his Mormon Stories and Facebook groups. There is one item that John has agreed to do. He was asked to “Resign my status as an ordained minister in another faith” (I signed up […]
Thoughts on Sunstone, MHA, and FAIR
From Thursday to Saturday is the Sunstone Conference in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah, and here is the conference program. Sunstone, Mormon History Association, and the FAIR Conference have always been very interesting to me because it is a time to get more serious discussions that you get in Sunday School. As […]
British Judge Blasts Tom Phillips
The Deseret News is reporting that a British judge has rejected Tom Phillips’ lawsuit against the Church, and called the lawsuit “an abuse of the process of the court.” Tom’s lawsuit alleged that the Church committed fraud because it lies about its origins in order to obtain tithing receipts. “I am satisfied that the process […]
FireTag, You are greatly Missed!
This morning around 9 AM, I received some terrible news. My good blogging friend FireTag (known to his family as Darryl Holliday) passed away Wednesday night following an illness due to diabetes related complications. I first became acquainted with him over at Mormon Matters where I learned he was a member of the Community of Christ (aka […]
Is Excommunication Useful?
Denver Snuffer is the latest Mormon author to face disciplinary action from the Church. He posted his disciplinary letter on his blog; his disciplinary meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Aug 31. In case you are not familiar with Snuffer, he is a lawyer here in Sandy, Utah, and has published about 12 books, most notable […]
The Book of Mormon: An Imperfect Book?
Signature Books sent me an advance copy of An Imperfect Book by Earl M. Wunderli, and it is due to be released tomorrow, June 17. (Perhaps it’s a great gift for that non-believing dad for Father’s Day.) The subtitle to the book is “What the Book of Mormon tells us about itself.” Wunderli takes the […]
Mormon Heretic 