Reason #140: Changes in the “eternal” temple ceremonies

Many middle-aged and younger Mormons express doubt when told about the LDS temple endowment ceremonies of the past. A series of major changes happened about 20 years ago, including the change of women's covenanting obedience to their husbands, the elimination of the...

Reason #139: The Downgrading of a “Standard Work” of Scripture

A recent article in an LDS publication gives a hint to how the Mormon church may choose to deal with the embarrassment of the Pearl of Great Price. Like many other elements of Mormonism which have brought negative attention to the LDS church, it may just “go...

Reason #138–Seer Stone Questions

The seer stone narrative has troubles. An important part of Joseph Smith's early life was a seer stone by which he claimed to be able to find hidden treasure.  (Here is some information from the official LDS Web site about his practices and the existence of the...

Testimonies from Ex-Mormon Scholars Offered by New Site

A new site, ExMormonScholarsTestify.org, gives reasons why thinking people made the decision to leave the LDS Church. My testimony is the first on the site. Do you know other ex-Mormon scholars whose stories should be told as well? For more information, see The...

Reason #137: The Nahom Controversy

Some LDs writers have said that a settlement in southern Arabia named NHM is the Nahom of the Book of Mormon. In Hebrew (and I'm just a student, not an expert), vowels are not written out in most cases. Thus NHM, whose root means “mourning” could be Naham...