I thought I’d share my reasons for no longer seeing Mormonism as true or particularly useful. True, I have sprinkled some these idea throughout posts on the blog but they are scattered and fairly disorganized. I’ll try here to put them all in one organized place to hopefully avoid the risk of readers merely dismissing [...]
My move away from Mormonism has been a gradual process over the past 7 years or so— sometimes so gradual that I don’t see how far I am from where I began. Now and then though things come up that show me just how far I have really moved.
This weekend I was cleaned out our home [...]
After taking a break for a year or two, the podcast Mormon Stories is back at it. The podcast was, and still is, a great forum telling the stories of all kinds of Mormons (TBM, NOM, doubting, disaffected, Ex-Mormon). It manages to talk openly while still trying to keep the discussion intelligent and in my [...]
In an LDS Church News Article dated Jan. 9, 2010 LDS faithful were instructed to rely solely Church approved sources when teaching lessons in church meetings. While this is not anything that is really new it is worth discussing because, well, it is one of the biggest issues I have with the Mormon Church. Specifically [...]
A Gallup poll posted online January 11 shows Mormons as the most conservative religious group in the U.S. Well duh! I could have told the them that. I wonder how much money and time they spent coming to this conclusion.
See the Gallup Poll Results here.
It is nice though to have findings that confirm what we [...]
I have really resisted talking too much about media personality Glenn Beck online because, well, I think he’s kind of a tool. Not only do I personally have issues with his politics of fear and divisiveness, I think he is a goof. Truthfully I don’t like giving him any additional attention. There’s a good chance [...]
I hadn’t heard about this until I read a post on a Mormon online discussion board yesterday. It seems in October 1984 Elder Ronald E. Poelman, a member of the First Quorum of Seventy, gave a talk in General Conference that created a stir. On the post I read a few people recalled hearing the [...]
I have said for years that the LDS Church and it’s members are not exactly truthful with outsiders about their religion. In fact, many times they are purposely deceitful about beliefs, practices or doctrines that are problematic. Mormons tell me this is simply not true— that there is no systematic deception in the Church.
I know [...]
Came across this YouTube video recently. Thought it was interesting.
Last week the LDS Church came out in open support of local ordinance banning discrimination against gay men and lesbians in housing and employment to be voted on by the Salt Lake City, Utah city council. Although the he measure likely would have passed it is questionable whether the vote would have been unanimous. In [...]
