I can’t take credit for coming up with this question— and I wish I could, because I think it’s really incisive. It gets to some of the stickier issues that surface when dealing with truth and religion— issues that are hard to sometimes see from other angles. It is a hard thing to consider, really. [...]
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 [...]
I usually try to avoid questioning another persons religious beliefs. Reading this blog may make that hard for you to believe, but it’s true. I don’t really know what people have personally experienced and so I try not to pass judgement on what religious view they hold. If they have all the info and it [...]
2. They also don’t believe he was led by revelation in every detail. They see him as learning gradually to be a prophet and having to feel his way at times like most Church members. In between the revelations, he was left to himself to work out the methods of complying with the Lord’s commandments. Sometimes [...]
