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Pure Mormonism
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Sifting the true teachings of Mormonism from the myths and distortions commonly promoted within the modern LDS Church.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 157 )
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The Real Threat To Traditional Marriage, Part Two; Rethinking Rights
Previously: The Real Threat To Traditional Marriage Last week's post here ticked some people off. If I learned one thing, it's that all it takes to be... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Real Threat To Traditional Marriage
Previously: How We Know Thomas Monson Is A Prophet, Seer, And RevelatorSometime before the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, I wrote a piece... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
How We Know Thomas Monson Is A Prophet, Seer, And Revelator
Previously: Appealing My Excommunication Of all the issues currently dividing members of the church today, none is so divisive as the question of whether or... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Appealing My Excommunication
Previously: Why I Grieve For Boyd K. PackerA number of people have expressed a desire to read the appeal regarding my excommunication from the LDS Church, but... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Why I Grieve For Boyd K. Packer
Previously: Where Did The Oracles Go? When a beloved general authority dies, as happened last month with Apostle L. Tom Perry, the internet is flooded with an... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Where Did The Oracles Go?
Previously: Interview With The Apostate The year before he and his brother were murdered, Joseph Smith taught us something valuable about the kingdom of God, an... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Interview With The Apostate
Previously: Yerrrrr OUT!New Zealander Gina Colvin, proprietor of the incomparable blog Kiwi Mormon, recently interviewed me in-depth for the podcast series A... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Yerrrrr OUT!
Previously: Conduct Unbecoming A Member Of The ChurchA few hours ago I was excommunicated from the church for apostasy. "What sins am I guilty of?" "Apostasy."... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Conduct Unbecoming A Member Of The Church
Previously: The Worst Law of Heaven Just four days ago, my bishop and the stake executive secretary showed up at my doorstep to hand me this letter: Dear Brothe... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Worst Law Of Heaven
Previously: Any Opposed, Please Sit Down And Shut Up I suppose in the not-too-distant future, when the Lord has either cleansed the LDS Church of its gross... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Any Opposed, Please Sit Down and Shut Up
Previously: Where'd Everybody Go? Something really weird happened yesterday. During the general conference of the church, Elder Dieter Uchtdorf presented the... Read more
Posted on 06 April 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Where'd Everybody Go?
On a Friday afternoon several months ago, Connie and I got a surprise visit from our ward's new sister missionaries. They were just assigned to the area and... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
My Near Death Experience
Previously: Know Your Religion Okay, the title of this post is a bit of a cheat, but it's all I could think of right now. If you're expecting me to relate an... Read more
Posted on 09 March 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Know Your Religion
Previously: Correct Me If I'm Wrong You want a challenge? Try getting a decent handle on Mormon theology today. The gospel of Christ is supposed to be simple... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Correct Me If I'm Wrong
I had every intention of devoting this space to a discussion of some new tools available that would be of benefit to all of us in better understanding our... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2015 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
When Tithing Settlement Goes Horribly Wrong
Previously: Not Quite The Same In the October general conference following the murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, members were newly encouraged to give their al... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
It's Not Quite The Same
Previously: How To Become An Apostate In One Afternoon We latter-day Saints can be as bad as some Baptists when it comes to quoting scripture out of context whe... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
How To Become An Apostate In One Afternoon
Previously: The Problem With Denver Snuffer If you'd like to see how difficult it can be to follow the counsel of Church leaders and still retain your membershi... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
The Problem With Denver Snuffer
Previously: Farewell, Sweet Soul I'm willing to bet there's no one in Mormondom more misrepresented than Denver Snuffer has been these past few weeks. Read more
Posted on 05 October 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY -
Farewell, Sweet Soul
Previously: Saying Goodbye to CeliaI was informed this morning that our mutual friend Celia passed on this morning. The following is from Celia's sister: We wan... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2014 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY