In the LDS temple endowment ceremony, there are two issues that a faithful Mormon must deal with. First, why is the order of creation unlike that depicted in LDS Standard Works? In the temple, the creation of plants comes BEFORE light and darkness.* Secondly,...
This article claims to have pinned down the date of Joseph Smith's supposed First Vision. It hinges on the account of an axe stuck in a stump. Read it and ask the same question I did: Is there any other reason for chopping wood in 1820 in March in upper New York...
I have read that a very high percentage of members of the LDS church today are first-generation. Recently I had the following experience with one of them: About two months ago I sat at a restaurant with a college student who had grown up Mormon as she recounted to me...
A newly-excavated archaeological site in Mexico shows a sophisticated Mayan manufacturing center devoted to weapons and tools. No metal weapons at all. For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition: A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church...
For literary geeks only: This is a chapter from the novel I am currently writing. It includes an ancient literary technique called chiasmus. The structure begins with, “I will tell you what helped me,” and the middle or turning point is “For a...
