365 Reasons Why I (And Others) Won’t Return To Mormonism

Reason #89: LDS “scripture” scholarship

What is so amazing about Royal Skousen's "critical text" of the BofM published by Yale University Press? It's that Mormons…

15 years ago

Reason #88: From “I Love Mormons” Blog

This is a marvelous hypothetical situation on an excellent blog called “I Love Mormons.”  It provoked a stimulating discussion there,…

15 years ago

Reason #87: The Word of Wisdom–Part Two

Past Church leaders were adamant in their condemnation of the liquor and tobacco industries. The Word of Wisdom, according to…

15 years ago

Reason #86: The Word of Wisdom Health Law–Part One

I won't argue with the Word of Wisdom’s condemnation of the addictive substance, alcohol. But in the Word of Wisdom…

15 years ago

Reason #85 — The Civil War Prophecy

Reason #85 The famous Civil War prophecy of Section 87 of the Doctrine and Covenants has for years been touted by…

15 years ago

Reason #83: Mormonism changes the wording of its own Scripture

When I was a Mormon, Section 78 of the Doctrine and Covenants  contained some strange foreign-sounding names which were assigned to…

15 years ago

Somehow, this definition of a cult rings true:

I've always used my four-part definition of a cult (deifies man, humanizes God, ostracizes Scripture, and requires an extra-Biblical view…

15 years ago

Reason #82: Mormon Myths of Bible Textual Transmission

As I have studied textual criticism at the graduate level and have investigated for myself some of the documents from…

16 years ago

Reason #81: Mormon Doctrine Forbids the Worship of Jesus

Mormons make it very clear that they believe that their concept of "God" means the Heavenly Father only, and not…

16 years ago