Since I'm keeping the “Cult Fiction” blog just for novels, I'd like to post an occasional review of non-fiction here on the Incite Blog.I recently had the privilege of reviewing Breaking the Mormon Code: A Critique of Mormon Scholarship Regarding Classical...
The concept of reasoning with God has a long history in Scripture. We see the way that humans sparred linguistically with God in Abraham's bargaining for Sodom, in Moses' logic to save his people, and throughout the book of Job.I wondered about Isaiah's statement in...
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...
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)...
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....
