Latayne C Scott

Reason #57: The Nature of LDS Missionary Lessons

When I began missionary service for the Church in 1962, I was given a "plan for teaching the Gospel" to…

16 years ago

Reason #56: The modern LDS leaders’ lack of foreknowledge

Some years earlier, the war in Vietnam had been gaining momentum and arousing greater domestic opposition.  As consternation grew in…

16 years ago

Reason #55: Group Pressure in Mormonism

  An LDS doctrine that had always strongly appealed to me was free agency:  that God respects our right to…

16 years ago

First Reader Review of The Mormon Mirage, 3rd Edition

I am humbled and honored by the first review of The Mormon Mirage, as posted on Barnes & Noble: The…

16 years ago

From Non-Fiction to Fiction

One of the reasons I am beginning to write fiction is perhaps what government officials might call "plausible deniability." (smile).…

16 years ago

Reason #54: The LDS Depreciation of Bible Translation

  Second Nephi 29:3 mocks the trust of the Bible believer by having him say mindlessly, "A Bible! A Bible!…

16 years ago

Reason #53: The warfare in the Book of Mormon

  The Book of Mormon raises questions when we examine its accounts of warfare. Where is evidence of the great mounds…

16 years ago

Reason #52: LDS Sources Enlist Unwilling “Advocates”

When I was a Mormon, I and other people told prospective Mormons that the Smithsonian Institute believed and supported Book…

16 years ago

What I Write and Why I Write It

I have been active on the HBO Big Love message boards recently, and one person who identified himself as a…

16 years ago

Blogging, Big Love and “Big Talk”

What an unusual week for me.  Last Sunday night the HBO series Big Love depicted for the first time in…

16 years ago