Reason #204: A response to an atheist’s question

15 years ago

Recently an intelligent and thoughtful ex-Mormon atheist asked a question. Briefly stated, he wanted to know why Christians would say…

Reason #89: LDS “scripture” scholarship

15 years ago

What is so amazing about Royal Skousen's "critical text" of the BofM published by Yale University Press? It's that Mormons…

Reason #88: From “I Love Mormons” Blog

15 years ago

This is a marvelous hypothetical situation on an excellent blog called “I Love Mormons.”  It provoked a stimulating discussion there,…

Reason #87: The Word of Wisdom–Part Two

15 years ago

Past Church leaders were adamant in their condemnation of the liquor and tobacco industries. The Word of Wisdom, according to…

Reason #86: The Word of Wisdom Health Law–Part One

15 years ago

I won't argue with the Word of Wisdom’s condemnation of the addictive substance, alcohol. But in the Word of Wisdom…

Reason #85 — The Civil War Prophecy

15 years ago

Reason #85 The famous Civil War prophecy of Section 87 of the Doctrine and Covenants has for years been touted by…

Reason #83: Mormonism changes the wording of its own Scripture

15 years ago

When I was a Mormon, Section 78 of the Doctrine and Covenants  contained some strange foreign-sounding names which were assigned to…

Somehow, this definition of a cult rings true:

15 years ago

I've always used my four-part definition of a cult (deifies man, humanizes God, ostracizes Scripture, and requires an extra-Biblical view…

Reason #82: Mormon Myths of Bible Textual Transmission

16 years ago

As I have studied textual criticism at the graduate level and have investigated for myself some of the documents from…