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 [...]
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 [...]
Since Jeffrey R. Holland’s conference talk the name Ethan Smith has been more active across the blogosphere than normal. Unfortunately not many people know who he was (or Solomon Spaudling for that matter). LDS who know the name often don’t understand how Pastor Smith really plays into the narrative around the Book of Mormon— and [...]
In a recent General Conference talk LDS Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland claimed that Joseph and Hyrum faced with their imminent deaths WOULD NOT have maintained their support for the Book of Mormon as it would have been risking blasphemy to the supreme being they were expecting to soon meet.
Here’s the quote:
As one of a thousand [...]
MormonExpression.com
I’ve been listening to this podcast for the past month or so and have been liking it pretty well. It’s definitely Internet Mormon fare thus far probably because while it’s open to all to contribute, most who do are ex-mormons, disaffected or New Order Mormons. The main force behind it is a guy name John [...]
The Pew Forum released data from surveys regarding Mormons and Mormonism on, of all days, this past July 24. No surprise one conclusion is that “as a group Mormons are among the most devout and conservative religious people in the country.” The study looks at view on religious belief and also social and political issues.
See [...]
Robert Kirby, columnist for the Salt Lake Tribune, wrote a great piece Thursday on the importance of myth in belief— and specifically in religion. Kirby is Mormon (although perhaps of the more liberal variety) and therefore knows a thing or two about myth— specifically Joseph’s Myth— and makes some pretty insightful comments. In my opinion, his [...]
I have been slowly responding to the text of a presentation that Richard Bushman gave discussing Church members who have learned new facts about Mormonism— facts they find disconcerting. I have addressed 3 of the 4 characteristics he lists for a “revived Latter-Day Saint— someone who manages to still believe in Mormonism despite discovering a [...]
