Reason #46 — Big Love and the Introduction of Polygamy into American Culture

16 years ago

  Big Love, indeed.  Mormonism, in all its incarnations, institutionalized what many people see as the inevitable successor to legalized…

Reason #45: Joseph Smith’s Boasting about Languages

16 years ago

  On one occasion Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the LDS religion,  quoted from seventeen different languages (not always…

Reason #44: The Whitewashing of LDS History

16 years ago

Mormons are taught that abstinence from tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco is essential for entrance into the celestial kingdom. If…

Koinonia Blog

16 years ago

I'm preparing a series of blog posts requested by Zondervan's Academic Blog, Koinonia which will appear in about a month.  I'm…

Reason #43: Joseph and Nauvoo

16 years ago

There's an error in the upcoming edition of The Mormon Mirage. (Yes, since I'm human, there will be errors.)  This…

Writing “to Brand”

16 years ago

In a couple of weeks on NovelMatters  (a website where I and other Christian novelists share insights) I will be introducing…

Reason #42: from Susan Storm Smith

16 years ago

Here are a couple of reasons why I would not return to being a Mormon. 1) The whole Temple and Endowment…

Reason #41: The Sheer Number of Joseph Smith’s False Prophecies

16 years ago

  Because of the Sheer Number of Joseph Smith"'s False Prophecies: False prophecy became a habit for Joseph Smith. Most…

Reason #40: Joseph Smith’s Failed “Miracles”

16 years ago

  False Prophecies and Failed Abilities of Joseph Smith: While at Kirtland Ohio, Joseph made a prophecy that is unfamiliar…

Reason #39: Because dissent or questions were stifled in Mormonism from the very beginning

16 years ago

In the formative years of the LDS Church, any revelation received by church members was only considered valid if it…