Reason #48: The Love of God (from Susan Storm Smith)

  FROM SUSAN STORM SMITH:    As I was in Bible study this morning, the most beautiful thought came to me in relationship to the subject of why I would not return to being a Mormon. As a Mormon, the focus is on works and good deeds. Its about...

Those horrible Puritans?

A recent column  by prominent LDS writer Orson Scott Card (known best by us non-Mormons as an outstanding sci-fi writer) identifies “feminism, environmentalism, gay activism and militant atheism” as having enormous influence on our culture.  While most...

Reason #47: The Monitoring of Church Members and Ex-Members

   The LDS Church once instituted an organization ““ more of a practice, really ““ called the “Strengthening the Church Members Committee” which it publicly billed as a newspaper clipping service[ii] but which in reality was a spy...