Reason #130: Because I Won’t Ever Be that Fascinating

I was a faithful Mormon “girl” at BYU when Fascinating Womanhood by Helen Andelin was the gold standard for Mormon young women. In the dorms we often talked about some of the ideals of this book. It had a lasting effect on me in several ways. 1) Even at...

Reason #128: Vikings Can’t Prove Mormonism

Some LDS apologists are touting an archaeological excavation of a settlement at L'anse aux Meadow to try to draw a parallel between the mythical Nephite metallurgy and that of Vikings. But that's not a legitimate parallel, notes an observer on the RfM message...

Reason #127: LDS teachings about prayer

Joseph Smith taught that all forms of prayer were ineffective if they were not couched in the format of the LDS Prayer Circle in a Mormon temple.  Explore the evidences for this claim, as well as the contention that this practice was Gnostic as well.  My...

Reason #126: A fictional account of losing faith in Mormonism

In the previous item on the “365 Reasons” blog I described the situation that caused me to lose faith in Mormonism.  I have tried to describe this in a fictional account, too:  my novel, Latter-day Cipher. In this passage, an LDS man who is a...