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The different responses mystify me. I have no idea why some people are thrown for a loop when they learn church history did not occur as they had been taught in Sunday School, while others roll with the punches. I have a theory. People don't like being lied to. When they feel lied to, they no longe...

Wow, what a bombshell. Is this a new development or has Bushman been talking about the false narrative for a while? If he's right that it's not sustainable, and I believe he is, what happens? The church will be forced to slowly retreat back to just being a christian church. If the "dominant nar...

I have too many thousands of memories of knowing he didn't believe in god to think of three or four specific ones. I didn't ask about that, I asked for specific examples regarding this: In the linked post John starts out by publicly getting after Gordon for falsely claiming that Gordon knows John w...

lostindc wrote:Dehlin spends pretty much everyday attempting to make himself part of any Mormon related news story.

Recent examples? I'll admit I don't look for stuff like this, but before this I haven't seen any dehlin related for at least a few months.

In the linked post John starts out by publicly getting after Gordon for falsely claiming that Gordon knows John well enough to know that John has long believed there is no God. I can't tell you how many times the two of them have interacted personally as Gordon claims. Can you ballpark it? Tell us ...

Everything in the 1832 History DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS the story that Joseph (and others) were telling publicly since Joseph claimed to have found the gold plates. It totally contradicts the history that Joseph collaborated on with Oliver Cowdery in 1834. What are some of the contradictions between th...

Let the Mormon myths begin.

Sort of a good news/bad news thing. I guess Snuffer leading people out of the church is better than nothing, and maybe I need to be more familiar with Snuffer's teachings, but I seem to remember he professes to have seen god, or maybe it was jesus, or both. I'm not sure leaving a conman-made-religio...

I find it interesting that to prop up the supposed "marriage" of Smith to Alger, one must always go to very late sources and anonymous ones. With respect to late sources, isn't that the case with other important church history events, i.e., first vision, restoration of priesthood. I'm sur...

I have a question wrote:Why does the Church refer to the meeting as a "hearing" when it's clear they have no intention of 'hearing' anything?

It's for the accused to hear the word of the Lord as spoken through His servants.