Ask EOR Pt. II
See previous installments here. Let’s dive right in to some questions! “Dear EOR, My bishop tells us we were generals in the war in heaven in the preexistence. Does that mean I outrank him? What can I order him to do for me? -Anonymous” Dear Anonymous, I have some bad...
Talking in Circles
I’ve had many interactions the past few months with people who are concerned about me and what they consider to be controversial views within the LDS church. IF they decide to actually talk to me about it, it seems they often come at me with an intent to get me...
Leaving the Garden and Companying with Sinners.
Most of my Mormon friends aren’t actively involved with the church. More than half of my core group of friends from high school haven’t participated since college. A surprising number of the friends I made on my mission and at BYU are now disenfranchised...
Testimony
Testimony by Peter van der Walt I was raised Calvinist in a middle-class family in South Africa during Apartheid. At a young age, I rejected the teachings of my church and lost faith in the deity it represented. I spent my youth exposing myself to a variety of...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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