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[...] Spiritual is not a rhetorical gesture, in my opinion. I mean, it can be, but I think that behind this there is a recognition that the cosmos is so much more than what we can grasp with our finite abilities but that we can nevertheless sense or experience a glimpse of under the right circumsta...

It all comes down to the Book of Mormon itself. Either you value what is contained therein or you do not. Do I value the Book of Mormon? Depends on what it is. A: If it is a translation into English recounting the history and religious views of people who actually lived in the ancient Americas, I w...

I always find the attempt to judge current political parties by LDS theology to be tiresome. Hmm. Well, given the nature and mode of the judgement expressed, I'd prefer 'scary', if that's all right with you. Oh, and that guy could go out tomorrow and buy an assault rifle if he felt it was a good wa...

The opening post was intended as satire, wasn't it?

Please tell me that it was ... please ...

vestreaming hate crimes. Sounds like the plot of a 90's future dystopia flick, except this IS our dystopia, it IS our reality. We have a lot of hate and a lot of guns in this country, so occasionally America hits the Trifecta: A mass murder, hate crime and gun crime all in one. Let's talk about how...

Every time I look at this thread I seem to see the same post.

The whole idea of a church being true is ridiculous in the first place, and that is because “true” in this case never meant “factually correct.” Obviously. Somehow this was forgotten, however. By everyone. So, the idea of a church being “true” is silly, as is the idea of proving it “untrue.” Nevert...

... I think it is curious that people continue to be interested in debunking the missing scroll theory and Joseph Smith’s non-ability to translate ancient Egyptian. ... ... when comparing those Explanations with the actual content of Facsimile No. 3 we can we sure that Smith was making everything u...

The nail in the coffin of the missing scroll theory was put in place by Andrew Cook and Chris Smith. They showed there was barely any missing papyrus and certainly not 42 feet (or whatever John Gee said it was). It would be great if RFM or Mormonism Live did a show dissecting the papers that were p...

The Church still refuses to instigate background checks. I can think of two possible reasons for this: 1. The general CoJCoLDS principle that because the church is guided by living prophets, it is extremely dangerous to change any of its long-term practices as a result of criticism, since that migh...