Reason #105: Joseph Smith’s Jupiter Talisman

15 years ago

A symbol of the occult that Joseph Smith owned was a "Jupiter talisman."  Read about it and see a drawing…

Reason #104: The Lost Symbol Shows Mormonism Connections with Masonry

15 years ago

I imagine that many Christians have wriggled uncomfortably as they read Dan Brown’s new book, The Lost Symbol. Scattered through the…

Wondering about The Mormon Mirage

15 years ago

Zondervan and Harper-Collins have provided an easy way for you to browse inside my book, The Mormon Mirage:  A Former…

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15 years ago

Even if you didn’t win a prize from my Facebook party, you still are entitled to these free downloads: A…

Reason #103: Mormon Myths about Bible Translations and Transmission

15 years ago

A new book just published by Zondervan, entitled Busted: Exposing Popular Myths about Christianity, has one of the best explanations,…

Reason #102: New Discoveries of Possible Sources for Book of Mormon scenes

15 years ago

I recently became aware of a massive new book that has carefully documented some possible sources for scenes from the…

Reason #101: The LDS Church itself doesn’t sponsor research into Masonic-LDS Connections

15 years ago

Recently Sunstone, an independent Mormon studies magazine, announced its Mapping Mormon Issues Project, which aims to make available in multiple…

Reason #100: Masonic Symbols in LDS Temples

15 years ago

Traditional Masonic symbols are rampant in older LDS temples. Representations of beehives, heavenly bodies, clasped hands, the All Seeing Eye,…

Reason #99: Non-Divine Masonic Source of LDS Temple Ceremonies

15 years ago

Any Mason who reads even such an abbreviated account of the temple ceremony as I have outlined in The Mormon…

Reason #98: Changes in LDS Doctrine regarding Freemasonry

15 years ago

Alexander Campbell once noted that the Book of Mormon managed to comment on a surprisingly large percentage of the religious…