Reason #194: Because I get to answer snarky letters
Here’s a recent letter to me via this site: Another one bites the dust, ha ha. :) Anyhow, I think it\’s sad that you allowed Dan\’s love for you to also infect your faith. I didn\’t see anything new here or in your books — basically a rehash of the faded blue jean arguments of the Tanners, who, like so many others, have left Mormonism but just can\’t seem to leave it alone. In all sincerity, I hope you find peace because there doesn\’t seem to be much of it here. Heck, there\’s more turmoil here than in the spin cycle of my washing machine. :) Best regards, Alan My response: Thank you for your interest. I found it remarkable — in every sense of the word — that you referred to what you found...
Reason # 193: “Doctrines That Are Going Away”
I am a “lurker” on an Internet message board where LDS historians and others speak about “doctrines that are going away” (their words, not mine.) Q: How can a DOCTRINE go away? A practice, yes. But a definition of God shouldn’t “go away,” right? Here’s another quote (which I assume is tongue in cheek, but telling): “Mormons, we used to be peculiar, but ever since 1995 we have been just as normal as you!” For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition: A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today (Zondervan, 2009). Also available as an audiobook and as an expanded-text E-book for Nook, Kindle and other reading...
Reason #192: Romney’s Candidacy Highlights the Role of LDS Secrecy
”That aspects of the religion of a devout president of the United States should be concealed from all but 2 percent of us may be a legitimate question that merits pondering.” Quote from a provocative article in The New York Times: Everyone is asking this question. Will This Election Be the Mormon Breakthrough? www.nytimes.com . ”That aspects of the religion of a devout president of the United States should be concealed from all but 2 percent of us may be a legitimate question that merits pondering.” Quote from this provocative article in The New York Times. . What is going on in those secret temple ceremonies? For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition: A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church...
