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Dr. Shades, I think he's talking about the honor code changes at BYU and BYU-I that were simultaneous and dramatic, and impossible to account for without invoking directive from the Brethren; yet due to potential controversy, were left without explanation in order to lend as much deniability as pos...

I was wondering today: Is the honor code/church handbook change is the fastest policy change in the history of the LDS church? For example, the now infamous November policy of exclusion was given in November 2015 and then rescinded in April 2019. That was a very short 3.5 years for a policy to be ac...

The LDS has entered an odd and unstable place vis-a-vis gay Mormons. The position of gays in the LDS church is about what it was for black Mormons pre-1978: you can date Mormon, marry a Mormon, be a Mormon, but not participate in temple ordinances. The recent BYU honor code policy changes now allow ...

There has been some discussion in other threads about Lars Nielsen being tactically stupid with his remarks and being an attention whore of sorts. However, I think we need to appreciate the coup he and his brother have pulled off. The world has largely been in the dark about LDS finances for a very ...

I've been trying to think through the latest revelations about church finances. I have a prediction about the short term ramifications for the LDS church, but I'm not a lawyer, so I'd appreciate any lawyers telling me that this is plausible or if I'm full of crap. My prediction is: Lawsuits against ...

Haha...one of the so called dumb questions that John asked Brant Gardner was one that I asked John to ask. Gardner has such a nuanced non traditional view of Nephite historicity and sees Nephites in every ancient American civilization (despite supportive evidence) it's was hard to pin Gardner down ...

A real charity is coming soon to a mall, store, or place of business near you. No need to bother with "giving machines", and an organization that spends it's money building malls, the money from the Kettles will be used to do real charity work. Please give, they helped me when I really ne...

It looks like John Dehlin asked people on his Facebook page yesterday for questions to ask me. Much to my chagrin, Jaxon Washburn weighed in with the following: Regarding his previous racist behavior towards black Latter-day Saints. Below this comment, Jaxon clarified: By this I am specifically ref...

There were a lot of heinous things about slavery in the ancient Mediterranean. Racism wasn't one of them. Talking about Philemon in a modern context is always going to be difficult, and the superficial setting of a Mormon Sunday School class is probably the perfect breeding ground for misunderstandi...

This list is based on why I stopped listening to Mormon Stories years ago, i.e. please do this to fix my Mormon Stories listening experience. Make sure the interview is severely time boxed : At some point, I just lost the will to listen to Mormon Stories 4-8 hour marathon sessions. It appears that J...