Reason #51: Latter-day Revelation Didn’t Create Unity

  Whatever its effects upon the religious world, Mormonism has not, as it originally purposed, done away with religious division. Its aberrations of Scripture and liberties with the Word of God, though, have in the past caused Christianity to solidify against it....

Reason #50: The Book of Mormon and Polygamy

  Probably one of the hottest areas of controversy rages around the Book of Mormon”‘s teachings on polygamy. Those unfamiliar with the teachings of this book might be surprised to learn that polygamy was flatly condemned in the book of Jacob. Jacob...

Reason #49: The Proxy Baptisms of Jews

An ethnic group which has done public battle with the LDS Church is Judaism. According to Richard and Joan Ostling, in the mid-1990s about 380,000 deceased Jews had proxy baptisms performed in their names in various LDS temples. They included many Jews who died in...

Reason #48: The Love of God (from Susan Storm Smith)

  FROM SUSAN STORM SMITH:    As I was in Bible study this morning, the most beautiful thought came to me in relationship to the subject of why I would not return to being a Mormon. As a Mormon, the focus is on works and good deeds. Its about...

Those horrible Puritans?

A recent column  by prominent LDS writer Orson Scott Card (known best by us non-Mormons as an outstanding sci-fi writer) identifies “feminism, environmentalism, gay activism and militant atheism” as having enormous influence on our culture.  While most...