Reason #175: Joseph Smith’s Teenage Wives

Many Mormons, upon being confronted with irrefutable evidence that Joseph Smith married multiple teenaged girls, respond that it was common in the 1800's for older men to marry teenaged girls. However, this chart and information seem to dispute that. Chart courtesy of...

Reason #74: Because of how betrayal feels– and can be conveyed

What follows is the fourth of a five-part series that Zondervan published on their academic blog, Koinonia. The subject matter may repeat some previous “365” posts, but I will nonetheless publish them for those who might not want to scroll back through all...

White Horse?

Do you know what Mitt Romney, Orrin Hatch, and a white horse have in common? Read this: http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/whitehorseprophecy.htm What do you think? For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition:  A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church...

Putting Latayne Scott on a Danite Hit List?

Radio Host Chris Arnzen mentioned recently that an LDS Web site discussion board posted a transcription of an interview that Chris conducted, interviewing me and Carole Whang Schutter, author of September Dawn. I will assume it was only in jest, but one of the message...

Reason #14: Mormon Hit Lists

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...