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Religious pluralism and apostasy: what counts as “formally joining another church and advocating its teachings”?

Religious pluralism and apostasy: what counts as “formally joining another church and advocating its teachings”?

by Benjamin Knoll | Nov 28, 2018 | Apostasy, Excommunication, Featured | 5 comments

[ Image credit ]   The LDS Church Handbook of Instructions defines “apostasy” to refer to members who: Repeatedly act in clear, open, and deliberate public opposition to the Church or its leaders. Persist in teaching as Church doctrine information that is not...
The Racism 101 Podcast –  RACE AND VOTING (episode 50; 315)

The Racism 101 Podcast – RACE AND VOTING (episode 50; 315)

by Benjamin Knoll | Nov 9, 2018 | Featured, Politics, Racism 101, Racism 101 podcast | 0 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3zprmk/315-The_Racism_Voting_50.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSDo whites vote differently than Hispanics? Do whites vote differently than Black Americans Do...
Nondenominational Mormonism: an interview with David Ferriman of The Church of Jesus Christ in Christian Fellowship

Nondenominational Mormonism: an interview with David Ferriman of The Church of Jesus Christ in Christian Fellowship

by Benjamin Knoll | Nov 2, 2018 | Body of Christ, Featured, Fellowship | 2 comments

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is deliberately distancing itself from the label “Mormon.” Current The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson recently taught that the words “Mormon” and “LDS”...
The Stone-Campbell Movement and the Restoration of the Primitive Church

The Stone-Campbell Movement and the Restoration of the Primitive Church

by Benjamin Knoll | Oct 4, 2018 | Church History, Featured, LDS Church History, restoration | 0 comments

In rural Bourbon County, Kentucky stands the Cane Ridge Meeting House where Presbyterian minister Barton W. Stone preached from 1796-1812. A key site in the development of the Second Great Awakening, a massive religious revival took place here in 1801 where attendees...
Thoughts on Sam Young, Excommunication, and Responding to Internal Dissent

Thoughts on Sam Young, Excommunication, and Responding to Internal Dissent

by Benjamin Knoll | Sep 20, 2018 | Activism, Apostasy, Corporate Church, Excommunication | 6 comments

This past week Sam Young announced that he had been excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for his aggressive advocacy to change the youth interview process. In Sam Young’s excommunication letter, he was informed by his Stake...
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