Recent Radio Interview

Today I was interviewed by talk show host Chris Arzen of NY radio station WNYG, on the subject of my two soon-to-be-released books, The Mormon Mirage and The Latter-day Cipher. Arnzen offers MP3 files of the shows at www.sharpens.blogspot.com. The interview with me...

A New Review

On the HBO Web site, under one of its discussion boards dealing with its series, “Big Love,” a person previously unknown to me, Jean Joseph, did an articulate and detailed review of one of my books.  Here is the review (also posted under the...

Prayers for Albuquerque

Did you know that if you're looking, say, for all the posts on what defines a cult, you can do a search on this site for that word? Or if you're looking for all the posts on “Ezekiel — Creation of a Man as a Symbol,” you could just search for...

Continuing to look at characteristics of cults

More characteristics of a cult (from Why We Left A Cult — Baker Books): 8.  A claim to exclusive revelation and guidance from God. 9.  A proclivity toward prophetic predictions, most of which do not happen when or how the group predicted. 10. Use of biblical...