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Christmas Celebration and Sadness

By Mormon Heretic December 4, 2016 1 Comment

Christmas is supposed to be a time of celebration of the Savior’s birth.  For many, however, it can be a time of depression and sadness.  My wife likes to go to Festival of Trees every year to view the decorations, and even donated a tree last year.  Money raised from the festival goes to Primary […]

Outsourcing Morality to Hollywood

By Mormon Heretic April 13, 2014 6 Comments

The LDS Church has asked church members to avoid R rated movies for quite some time.  (For a little more background, here is my post that discussed the documentary Cleanflix.)  As I reviewed that post recently, some ironic things struck me. Hollywood often gets cited as having questionable morals, producing filth, and contributing to the […]

Holiday Violence

By Mormon Heretic December 17, 2012 3 Comments

It’s been a rough few weeks. 1.  Dec 1, 2012.  (Left photo) Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Javon Belcher killed his girlfriend, drove to the Chiefs’ Stadium, talked to his coaches and then killed himself in front of them. 2.  Dec 11, 2012.  (Middle photo) Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, entered a crowded Portland, Oregon mall and […]

Newell Bringhurst Discusses the Mountain Meadows Massacre

By Mormon Heretic February 4, 2010 13 Comments

Mormon historian Newell Bringhurst recently published a new essay discussing the infamous Mountain Meadows Massacre.  For those of you unfamiliar with him, he has written extensively on topics of Mormon history.  Some of his books are found here, and here is a short bio on him. Here’s a brief background concerning the disaster.  The Fancher […]

Early Church History: Oaks and Veazey

By Mormon Heretic July 28, 2009 35 Comments

I’ve been reading a book by Apostle Dallin Oaks called Carthage Conspiracy.  Oaks is a lawyer, former Utah Supreme Court judge, former dean of the University of Chicago Law School, and president of BYU from 1971-1980 (updated 8/9/2009).  He wrote the book in 1975, and analyzes the trial of the assassins of Joseph Smith.  I […]