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Interview with Latayne Scott on Pop Syndicate

Today on the Web magazine Pop Syndicate, the editor conducted what she calls "a virtual sitdown" with me concerning my…

16 years ago

Reason #64: Because I gave it a second chance

Today on the Web magazine Pop Syndicate, the editor Angela Wilson conducted what she calls "a virtual sitdown" with me…

16 years ago

Reason #61: Peace After Leaving Mormonism

  Ironically, the Church proclaims itself to embrace all truth.  The believers may sing "Oh, say what is truth"" but…

16 years ago

Reason #59: LDS’s Exclusivistic Claim to Truth

  Of particular interest was my discovery of many people outside the Church who had exceptional powers, such as healing,…

16 years ago

Reason #58: LDS Leaders’ Linguistic Abilities

  After finishing graduate work in linguistics and education at BYU in 1976, I found professional work in the translation…

16 years ago

Reason #55: Group Pressure in Mormonism

  An LDS doctrine that had always strongly appealed to me was free agency:  that God respects our right to…

16 years ago

Reason #54: The LDS Depreciation of Bible Translation

  Second Nephi 29:3 mocks the trust of the Bible believer by having him say mindlessly, "A Bible! A Bible!…

16 years ago

What I Write and Why I Write It

I have been active on the HBO Big Love message boards recently, and one person who identified himself as a…

16 years ago

Reason #51: Latter-day Revelation Didn’t Create Unity

  Whatever its effects upon the religious world, Mormonism has not, as it originally purposed, done away with religious division.…

16 years ago

Reason #49: The Proxy Baptisms of Jews

An ethnic group which has done public battle with the LDS Church is Judaism. According to Richard and Joan Ostling,…

16 years ago