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 [...]
Here we go again with the men, God, and sex thing. More specifically, the thing where men claim that God has told them to have sex with and/or get married to someone else. I found a link to a story posted on a message board I frequent and truthfully I am once again amazed at [...]
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 saw this on the Colbert Report last night and thought it was hilarious. Personally I think the ad this parodies is ridiculous but then I’m just a “perv” straight guy who doesn’t see gay marriage as harmful to anyone else. I especially love the “paid for” line at the end of the ad.
It’ll be [...]
After my 4 posts about why Mormonism and polygamy are forever intertwined, I found this polygamy documentary— Lifting The Veil Of Polygamy— on YouTube. While I don’t necessarily approve of the christian proselytizing in this film, it gives a lot about of information about Mormon polygamy. Take a look (the first 2/3 or so is [...]
Lately the LDS Church has been troubled by the association of the terms “polygamy” and “Mormonism” in the media. Leaders in Salt Lake think that the association is unwarranted and is the result of sloppy reporting that doesn’t distinguish between the mainstream church and fundamentalist groups. In America however, people will always consider polygamy a Mormon [...]
Robert Kirby is my hero. He manages to remain Mormon (something I am having a hard time doing) while still being thoughtful and open minded. I find him funny as hell too. Today’s column on the Big Love debacle is right on the money and cuts through all of the hypocrisy surrounding this “controversy”. Please [...]
Lately the LDS Church has been troubled by the association of the terms “polygamy” and “Mormonism” in the media. Leaders in Salt Lake think that the association is unwarranted and is the result of sloppy reporting that doesn’t distinguish between the mainstream church and fundamentalist groups. In America however, people will always consider polygamy a Mormon [...]
Much of the fury surrounding the Big Love episode scheduled for this Sunday— the one depicting the LDS temple ceremony— has been about one group (HBO writers) hijacking what is sacred to another (The Mormons) and using it for their own needs (creating a potentially killer season finale). Boos and hisses all around.
HBO has apologized and [...]
Over the past few days I’ve watched a tempest in a teapot over the episode of Big Love that will air this Sunday on HBO. It seems that the show will include a depiction of the sacred/secret Mormon temple ceremony, temple garb and all. It’s no surprise that faithful LDS are up in arms about the [...]
