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 [...]
Just as I finished mowing and fertilizing my lawn on Saturday a large thunderstorm barreled through the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, where I live. It was pretty entertaining as storms go— according to the Channel 5 weatherman there were 6000-8008 lightning strikes in the valley including the west side. One of those [...]
3. These newly revived Latter-day Saints also develop a more philosophical attitude toward history. They come to see (like professional historians) that facts can have many interpretations. Negative facts are not necessarily as damning as they appear at first sight. Put in another context along side other facts, they do not necessarily destroy Joseph Smith’s [...]
