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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Mormons Should Try Walking in Jewish Shoes
It started in 1995. Jewish leaders met with LDS Church representatives in an effort to find a solution to the concern Jews had over posthumous proxy Mormon baptisms of Jewish Holocaust victims. The two groups signed an agreement aimed at … Continue reading
Saying Thanks
To all who have served my nation, who serve now, who love and support those in America’s military, to you I say thank you. Your sacrifices have protected my right to freely express what I think in a public forum. … Continue reading
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Mormon Pioneers: Average Americans
The Logan, Utah Herald Journal ran a story yesterday about the recent publication of the diaries of Mormon pioneer Charles Ora Card. Mr. Card, great-great grandfather of sci-fi author Orson Scott Card, made detailed daily entries for much of his … Continue reading
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Creeds According to Mormonism
As Gladys Knight performed last weekend, she shared the story of her conversion nine years ago from Baptist to Mormon. Knight led her 100-member [Mormon] choir, Saints Unified Voices, and preached to 3,000 people during two services over the weekend … Continue reading
Mormonism and Myth
Deseret News reports on a collaborative enterprise that has just been completed: Any way you look at it, the story of the Mormon pioneers is one of the great epics of the American West. Over the years it has been … Continue reading
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LDS Church on the Marriage(s) of Jesus
Today The Da Vinci Code opens in U.S. theatres. There’s a lot of buzzing going on, including some from the LDS Church. Wednesday’s online Deseret News ran a short article titled “LDS do not endorse claims in ‘Da Vinci’” quoted … Continue reading
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Take Precaution: Wear Jeans in Utah
On Monday 21-year-old Joseph Patrick Romero pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated assault. His crime: On January 22nd in Sandy, Utah, Mr. Romero purposefully ran his car into Chris Palomarez, a young man who happened to be wearing black pants, a … Continue reading
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After Suicide: Mormon Hope
Last month I blogged about suicide in Utah (see Youth Suicide in Utah). In the May 12th edition of the Salt Lake Tribune, religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack wrote about religious questions raised by suicide. In “Searching for Solace: Suicide … Continue reading
Mostly Silent: Victims Must Fend for Themselves
Today’s LA Times ran an in-depth article detailing the horrific abuses associated with modern-day polygamy. “Blind Eye to Culture of Abuse – Children of a polygamist sect have been exploited, molested for years” takes a hard look at what women … Continue reading
Twelve Million Mormons
This morning when I checked my email inbox I found a message with a subject line that read, “Millions of customers can’t be wrong!” The message was a spam ad for “alluring pheromones” that promise to attract women of all … Continue reading