When Death links us to Eternity — as a Book Does

My cousin had a remarkable experience this week as her elderly mother was dying. She left the room for a moment, and the hospice workers came running to get her.   “You have to see this,” they said, and led her back into the hospital room. There my frail aunt...

Reason #187: Because of Joseph Smith’s Formal Education

Mormons often point to the length of the Book of Mormon and claim that no man could have written it without God's help. In particular, they say that Joseph Smith's lack of formal education meant he couldn't write such a book. There are several reasons why this is not...

Reason #186: Because the LDS Church Covers Up Its Own History

I recently learned here that some people believe the leadership of the LDS church exerted enough pressure that it was able to prevent the production/airing of a mini-series, The Mormon Murders, that documented how the LDS church (and others) were duped by a document...

Reason #185: Struggling with an Unknowable God

One of the greatest disservices that Mormon doctrine does to the minds of its adherents is the reduction of the concept of a three-in-one God down to compartmentalized beings. I have struggled with this now for the 38 years I have been a Christian. Here is one way...

Reason #184: The Kinderhook Plates

The Kinderhook Plates are a tell-tale sign bearing witness against the LDS church. Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to live in the city Joseph Smith created in the mid-1840s — from a non-LDS perspective?  Now online are PDF documents from the...