DiscussMormonism.com

The announcement of support for federal protection of same-sex marriage isn't the sea change from 2008 that it might otherwise appear to be. The bill also includes protections for religious freedoms (e.g., refusing to recognize or accommodate same-sex marriage in a religious context), which has been...

It's a matter of trust, and it seems people don't trust the Mormons to self-investigate. Simple as that. Doesn't really matter if there weren't any racist slurs at that Duke game. The Mormon church and its auxiliary enterprises - including BYU - haven't earned the public's trust. An issue that goes...

I'm worried about DCP. He hasn't appeared to be in good health for a long time. His travel schedule is insane and he never stops posting online, whether it be from Chico, California or Cairo, Egypt. For many years he has battled enemies and persecution, real and imagined but mostly imagined. He has ...

Jeff Holland is the single biggest leadership factor in my struggle with the church, its history, its often-stupid and often-cultish culture. Some years ago, I believe it was 2015, Holland gave a speech in General Conference about the literalness of the Garden of Eden and the literalness of the fall...

The church would gleefully publish its financial particulars every year, including tithing and other donations, if it believed that doing so would cast the organization in a favorable public light, make members proud of the good that their tribe is doing in the world, etc. But, for as long the churc...

Sports is often a powerful medium to bring uncomfortable problems to light and to encourage introspection. The 1978 "revelation" that changed the race-based priesthood ban and temple ban didn't happen in a vacuum. Many Mormons could and did turn a blind eye (or cast an eye of contempt) to the Americ...

Had God ever actually been with BYU football? My memories of my beloved Cougars on the field are of moments of excitement and optimism, followed by crushing disappointments. The one exception was BYU's consensus national championship in '84... But, that isn't proof that God was with them, even then....