by Jon Grimes | Feb 7, 2015 | Faith Crisis, Featured, Humanity, LDS Church History, Mormonism |
What makes someone ‘great’? Most of the figures to whom we gift the epithet ‘great’ have earned their distinction primarily by being masters of the art of butchery. The vast majority of people known as ‘the great’ are rulers, founders and expanders of empire:...
by Joe Geisner | Jan 22, 2015 | Doctrine and Covenants, Featured, General authorities, Jesus Christ, LDS Church History, Mormonism, Polygamy, Standard Works, Theology |
In 1876, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published a revised edition of the Doctrine and Covenants which included, for the first time, section 130. This section includes the founding leader Joseph Smith’s prophecy that if Smith lived “until thou art...
by Lori Burkman | Dec 19, 2014 | Featured, Lying, Polygamy, Sexual Abuse, Truth |
After the explosion of polygamy news and dialogue that followed the most recent essays put out by the church, the most common thing I have seen said by members of the church defending the practice is 1: they have known this since they were very young (which usually is...
by Corbin Volluz | Nov 11, 2014 | Featured, Honesty, Lying, Truth |
If deception is an art form, the LDS Church is fast becoming Botticelli. The people who brought you the Mormons-don’t-believe-they-get-their-own-planet canard are at it again. And this time, it’s about the temple. In a recently released video (and accompanying essay)...
by Brian Hales | Nov 1, 2014 | Featured, Gospel Topics, LDS Church History, Theology |
On October 22, 2014, LDS.ORG posted three essays dealing with the practice of plural marriage by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between the 1830s and 1904. Perhaps the most controversial essay is the one dealing with the earliest...
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