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As opposed to. . . the 4 types of LDS non- Mormons? Non-LDS Mormons. The Brighamite branch isn’t all of Mormonism. That's right. The Community of Christ Mormons are a wonderful and much more honest Mormon tradition. And there are many other ones. The non-Brighamites are going to become a refuge for...

Do you think the gap between Orthodox and Neo-Orthodox is so great now that what is faith-promoting for Neo-Orthodox is faith-threatening for Orthodox? Like, do Orthodox still believe—or at least really want to believe—that Joseph Smith only ever had one wife, and so being told that his polygamy wa...

I know a lot of Mormons, as I'm sure many of us do. I can't really see how to fit anyone I know into any of the categories. Everyone i know seems to overlap a few of the categories. But, I also have to say I don't think I know any that fit or overlap much into category three. I'm sure they're out t...

For Heaven’s sake, “Witnesses” wasn’t that bad. In fact, for having a budget of only one million dollars, it was actually quite good. Sure, there were plenty of things I would’ve done differently, but I’m literally—not figuratively, but literally —amazed that far more of our LDS friends didn’t see ...

Alphus and Omegus, I checked out your link to the discussion with David Hollinger. Interesting and his reverse considerations make a point. It might not be the whole story however. In the link a comparison appears between magazine, Christian Century and Christianity today. I have read Christian Cen...

Finke and Stark cover in The Churching of America how the more costly religions that place more demands on their members are, paradoxically, the ones most likely to generate growth, and how this has been the case for most of American history. There's nothing wrong with generic universal connection ...

In logical form: Mormonism taught me that all the other religions are false I now believe that Mormonism is false I still believe that all the other religions are false because Mormonism taught me so. Huh? I think you have slightly missed the point. This is the sentence you need to pay attention to...

Yes, the more liberal / mainline denominations have been dying for sometime now, although conservative denominations are now starting to decline as well. in my opinion, the liberals are being done in by not making any demands of their members (having religion is not supposed to look exactly the sam...

Yes, the more liberal / mainline denominations have been dying for sometime now, although conservative denominations are now starting to decline as well. in my opinion, the liberals are being done in by not making any demands of their members (having religion is not supposed to look exactly the sam...

Yes I had forgotten about those parts. I think there were some Nephi prophecies about wicked people being burned alive by Jesus' return.