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

15 years ago

I was a faithful Mormon "girl" at BYU when Fascinating Womanhood by Helen Andelin was the gold standard for Mormon young…

Reason #129: Because the writing of some biblical texts in other languages does not support “reformed Egyptian”

15 years ago

Paul Davidson, on the Recovery from Mormonism discussion board, says a Mormon apologist defending the concept of the LDS teachings…

Reason #128: Vikings Can’t Prove Mormonism

15 years ago

Some LDS apologists are touting an archaeological excavation of a settlement at L'anse aux Meadow to try to draw a parallel…

Reason #127: LDS teachings about prayer

15 years ago

Joseph Smith taught that all forms of prayer were ineffective if they were not couched in the format of the…

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

15 years ago

In the previous item on the "365 Reasons" blog I described the situation that caused me to lose faith in…

Reason #125: The Point of No Return in Deciding to Leave

15 years ago

The previous post used an analogy to describe the feelings that many have when discovering that Mormonism's claims of divine…

Reason #124: Emotional Impact of Discovery

15 years ago

When I spoke last fall at the Ex-Mormon Foundation's annual conference, I compared the shock of discovery that Mormonism was…

Writing begins with Noticing

15 years ago

Writing begins, I think, with the art of noticing. One of my earliest memories is this: I am standing at…

Reason #123: Eternal truth is…always true

15 years ago

About two months ago I sat at a restaurant with a college student who had grown up Mormon as she…

Believers’ Verse — and win a book

15 years ago

I bemoan the fact that if, as often said, poetry is the "stepchild of the arts,"  then Christian poetry is…