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Rational Faiths has been the home of discussions about Mormonism and religion since 2012. The blog offers a platform for discussion across the faith spectrum, offering a variety of viewpoints. The group of perma-bloggers has often joked that a significant portion of...
I Can’t Unsee It
I remember there was a day when I would watch conference and come away just loving every talk. I’d say that each one offered me something that I needed and felt edified by. That seems remarkable to me now. Did I not see the division between the talks or were they...
The Theology of the Proclamation
Theology matters to me. I know it is normal to ascribe nefarious intentions and motives to why people leave the Church and they usually begin and end with sin, offense and being weak. You can really point to any and every reason except (1) the doctrine or (2) the...
Dear Elder Oaks
Dear Elder Oaks, You don’t know me. We’ve never met, but I’ve listened to you speak from the pulpit since I was a child. You’ll likely never read this, but I feel compelled to express myself anyway. You see, something sad happened a couple months ago. I was in the car...
Elder Oaks’ Facorite Hobby Horse
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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