From Russia With Hate
From Russia With Hate by Robert A. Rees As much as we like to consider ourselves as living a civilized society, one of the things that should give us pause is the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, not only in what we might consider...
I Know the Church is True: Part 2
I Know the Church is True: Part 2 Click here to read Part 1 of this post. By Bob Dixon “I know the church is true”. This is a really dangerous phrase. Why? Because it appears to communicate truth, while in reality being completely subjective to the...
Huge Internet Survey
On the June 23rd in a special leadership broadcast, Elder L. Tom Perry announced that the Church would be rolling out a program to allow its full-time missionaries to use Facebook and other new media platforms to connect with investigators and potential converts. This...
Absurd Moments in Mormon Art, Part 1: The Anti-Fashion-Christs
In 1986, President Ezra Taft Benson gave his classic talk, ‘The Book of Mormon- the Keystone of Our Religion’. He emphasized the importance of reading, studying, and becoming familiar with the stories and messages that the book contained. The importance of the Book of...
Sunstone Symposium 2013: A Photo Journal
This was the first year that all us Barkers from Rational Faiths went to an entire day at the Sunstone Symposium. It was freakin’ awesome. The best part was getting to meet so many friends that have either contributed to the blog, or with whom we have only met...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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