From Janis Hutchinson: Another good reason for not returning to the Mormon Church, is the church's insistence that for a church to be God's, it has to have a head prophet. Because they do, along with twelve apostles, this is supposed to prove the divine approval of...
Sometimes in writing about why I left Mormonism “” and can”‘t go back “” I forget to let people see the really big picture. Here”‘s the question that Mormonism cannot and never will satisfy: If God sent His only Son to earth to...
Anyone familiar with LDS history — not the sanitized version of Mormon Sunday School — knows that people who follow Joseph Smith (that includes members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ...
If you're confused about the roots and development of Mormon fundamentalism (the churches who regard themselves as true followers of Joseph Smith and who practice polygamy), there's a helpful chart at mormonfundamentalism.com. Also, if you're interested in...
From Janis Hutchinson comes this helpful explanation: Why won't the mothers in the FLDS Church say which of the children are theirs? It may be because in many fundamentalist groups, ALL the women are considered the mothers. I know, that doesn't make sense. But I know,...
LDS apologists of the lower echelons, with a get-out-of-jail-free card for anything they say (their statements aren't “official doctrine,”) often represent anyone whose opposes the LDS Church”‘s teachings as “heresy hunters” who...