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Quote of the Moment: Freudian Slip?
From an ABC News story about the Perry vs. Romney controversy. Pastor Robert Jefferies siding with the Evangelical Perry over the Mormon Romney … sorta … “Do we want a candidate who is skilled in rhetoric or one who is … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, Quotes
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Even Joseph Smith Talked Like a Pirate
Some folks on the Ex-mormon forum mentioned a connection between Captain William Kidd and Joseph Smith. In hindsight, it makes perfect sense: Smith was a treasure seeker, using his peep-stones as divining tools, and Kidd is the most famous pirate … Continue reading
Posted in History, Mormonism
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Warren Jeffs Convicted
Warren Jeffs, the leader of the splinter sect of Mormonism called the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, has been convicted of sexually assaulting the young girls who had been “spiritually married” to him. Jeffs was sentenced to life in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Mormonism
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Sister Wives
From CNN’s Belief Blog, I see that there’s a new constitutional test on the horizon. I guess it shouldn’t surprise us that this one involves the stars of a reality TV show: Kody Brown and his four wives – the … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, Sexuality
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Dear Church of Latter Day Saints,
Hey, how’s that Proposition 8 thing going? Great, listen. I just wanted you to know that while you were focused on California, New York has made it so that gay couples can get married in Palmyra, birthplace of Mormonism and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Mormonism
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Dead Dunking
Via Dangerous Minds, I found the blog Famous Dead Mormons: “Saved After Death, whether willing or not.” It lists some of the famous folks who have been posthumously baptized into the Church of Latter Day Saints. That’s “vicarious baptism” or … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, Videos
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I Believe
The show tune “I Believe,” from The Book of Mormon, performed at the 2011 Tony Awards: Jared Farmer has a lengthy review of the musical over at Religion Dispatches, Why The Book of Mormon (the Musical) is Awesomely Lame: The … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, Videos
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Limits of Co-Belligerency
Back in the seventies, Francis Schaeffer used the term “co-belligerents” to describe the loose alliance of conservative Christian groups fighting on one side of the culture wars. The term is an acknowledgement that Schaeffer, Phyllis Schlafly and Jerry Falwell would … Continue reading
Posted in Mormonism, Politics
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