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I like Spalding because it offers a plausible explanation of a lot of early Mormon history, in particular the dynamic between Smith and Rigdon. For example, Rigdon's conversion (and that of his entire Campbellite congregation) and meteoric rise to power makes more sense if he were a co-conspirator f...

So I've been googling to try and figure out why my monitors seem to be flashing black at random intervals, searching through various message board threads to get some troubleshooting ideas. And who should I happen upon but Joshua Skains! It's so weird bumping into someone you know when you least exp...

Pretty sure an insider is someone who believes it, and will put the proper faith promoting spin on it a la "The Mantle Is Far Greater Than The Intellect."

I read on I4m, that during the early years of Utah beheading prostitutes or other Old Testament type law of Moses did infact occur. Looked for the reference on I4m. Not easily found. URL / link, please. Thanks Could be referring to this page: m 3 Mar, 1849 - At council of Fifty meeting, Brigham You...

So in an article arguing that so many people would have to lie for Joseph Smith to have lied (or something; the logic is, shall we say, imprecise), Peterson himself generates a new lie--that 120 witnesses testified about a so-called "transformation before their eyes." The first mention of...

"...When sixty witnesses testify to the same type of torture and murder, it becomes impossible for me, personally, not to believe them." —Glen L. Pace, in his 1990 memorandum on the Satanic Ritual Abuse panic of the 1980s. According to wikipedia, "the state of Utah conducted a 30-mont...

Darth J wrote:I respectfully disagree, Z. I don't want to see women's garments. If women's garments are not the least sexy article of clothing ever invented, they are certainly in the running. Women's garments turn a Victoria's Secret model into your grandma.

Proof: Mormon's Secret

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Zeez, you bring up a good point. The church wants the best temples money can buy, but in this case "the best" refers to a very bland, American middle class aesthetic. The House of Medici also wasted a lot of money on religious nonsense, but at least the rest of the world got some kick-ass ...

BYU offers an M.A. in Religious Education , which is meant for seminary teachers and other CES types. Elder Holland holds that degree. They also offer more general religious graduate degrees, but from what I hear being invited into the program is like receiving the second anointing. I guess they wan...