Recently on a messageboard I ran across this chart and explanation. Anyone want to check the math (or talk about the implications?): HOW TO USE THESE CHARTS The statistics with white backgrounds are ones reported by the church itself. The statistics with...
Paul Davidson, on the Recovery from Mormonism discussion board, says a Mormon apologist defending the concept of the LDS teachings about the Book of Mormon being written in “reformed Egyptian” told him: βBy the ninth to sixth centuries before Christ,...
I recently received this encouraging letter from a reader who asked that her name be withheld: Dear Latayne, I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoy reading your ‘365 Reasons' on your website. I was raised by extremely Mormon parents, in an all-Mormon...
An article today on USA Today relates how libraries are facing the issue of which books to “ban” because of objections to them. The article ends with this quote: Such controversies make headlines, which helps the library association and other...
COMPETENCE AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MEASUREMENT IN THE STORY OF MARY AND MARTHA Copyright Latayne C. Scott The issue of competence is one that plagues Christians; and the knotty problem of what is proper for a Christian to measure and assess troubles us too. First...