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Review of White Flag
Here are two reviews of Wayne Capurro's account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre (both reprinted from Capurro's own website, www.whiteflagbook.com --Book Review from Clarion/Foreward Magazine by Todd MercerWhite Flag: America"'s First 9/11Wayne Atilio...
Cult Fiction reviews
I have a rather extensive list of novels that deal with Mormonism, beginning with A Study in Scarlet (a Sherlock Holmes mystery) and Riders of the Purple Sage, by Zane Grey. (Admittedly, many 19th century novels are more caricature than description.) Since the list is...
Reason #2: Egyptology
In my book, Why We Left Mormonism, I explored with other ex-Mormons the "point of departure" that led us to leave that church. For each of us, a different device (radio program, passing remark, and in one case, a forgotten pamphlet discovered in a pocket) led to the...
Reason #1: Mormon Leaders Inconsistent
It's another thing to spend 35 years asking myself if I did the right thing in leaving a church, and a system of thought, that I absolutely loved. This blog will give a year's worth of reasons why I choose not to return. REASON # 1: The LDS Church has lost its nerve....
What's a cult? What's “cult fiction”?
What"'s a cult? And what"'s "cult fiction"? Some people think its any religion that"'s more demanding than their own, or that has elements they feel are "strange." But this blog focuses on pseudo-Christian cults-- those religious groups who claim a connection to the...