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"He wasn't perfect" has to be among the most meaningless arguments you could make in defense of someone, especially since no one has perfection as a standard. But I guess this puts Brigham Young in the same group as Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, DP, and believe or not, me, as well as the countless other...

Lots of great information out there on men and women like Abraham Lincoln - 1809; Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1803; Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1811; William H. Seward - 1801; Elijah Parish Lovejoy -1803; James Polk - 1795 and on and on and on... all a product of their time. And then we have Joseph Smith Jr....

It’s become fashionable in recent years to demonize Brigham Young as a racist, even a vicious one — and, in some cases, essentially to forget that there was anything else to the man. I resist this. He wasn’t perfect, of course. Nor has any subsequent apostle or president of the Church been perfect....

you're far too kind, Reverend. I haven't been part of every thread, if Tim has been treated poorly then that's a shame, as he's one of my favorites. Unfortunately for the few believers, to the extent that other members recognize them as traditional believers, they become the customer service rep an...

So, we’re taking A.I.-generated texts seriously enough to start threads on now? Text produced by an advanced AI could be indistinguishable from that authored by a deity, hence exercising caution is recommended. This response was generated by an AI. As a large language model, I agree with Philo and ...

I go back and forth on this. On the one hand, I think all religions can benefit from a moderating trend. Catholics aren’t burning heretics anymore. Muslims, by and large, aren’t massacring infidels. Mormons should some day stop excommunicating doubters and critics. But DCP often pushes back on this,...

For those wondering about my blog: A bunch of people (I am pretty confident who at least some of them are . . . ) marked my blog as a "spam blog," and it was removed as a result thereof. I have disputed this with blogger/google, so hopefully it will be restored later this week. I have also queried ...

Wow.... If this is true, it represents a devastating blow to Mopologetics. They have been warned countless times about how their tactics will eventually backfire, but they never (or seldom?) seem to listen. Has anyone checked Boylan's Twitter/X feed to see if he has said anything about this on that...

If you're going to stand before millions of people and the whole world and say you're a prophet, seer, and revelator, or let it ride as others ordain you as such, then let the criticism fly. Nobody who claims to be God's mouthpiece on earth deserves protection from criticism. Criticism should be pl...

This must be absolutely devastating to the 3 people who read his blog twice a year.