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Yearly Archives: 2008
Testimony Against Joseph Smith
Yesterday the Joseph Smith Web Site’s daily history column, “On This Day…” noted: November 13, 1838 Richmond, Missouri. Over 40 witnesses appeared at court and bore false witness against the Prophet. Just before I saw that LDS history note, I … Continue reading
“Mormon victims of the Holocaust”
The LDS Church is in trouble – again – with the Jewish community over the Church’s continuing posthumous baptisms of Jewish Holocaust victims. (See here and here for background on the 13 year struggle regarding this issue.) Monday (November 10, … Continue reading
You can’t always believe what you read in the newspaper.
The 100-year-old daily newspaper, the Manteca Bulletin (Manteca, CA), carried an article on October 29, 2008 written by managing editor Dennis Wyatt. The article was mainly about the way Mormons were being mistreated over their unflagging support of California’s Prop … Continue reading
Hitchens & Wilson Debate
Hitchens & Wilson Debate:: Aesthetics and the Existence of God – Atheism vs. Christianity (MP3)
In Defense of the Mormons, Yet in Recognition of Irony and Hypocrisy
Uh oh, it looks like some feisty Tongan Mormons got themselves into trouble by tearing down same-sex advocacy signs from a fence around the LA temple, and then getting into a fight. Though I don’t condone the violent behavior, I … Continue reading
Mormon / Evangelical Debate Today at the U
The Bible vs. The Book of Mormon? An Evangelical – LDS Debate Christ Presbyterian Church invites you to join us for a debate on whether the LDS scriptures accord with the Bible. Our participants will be Jason Wallace and Martin … Continue reading
After All BYU Professors Can Do to Implicitly Reject LDS Institutional Readings of 2 Nephi 25:23
Bill McKeever, Eric Johnson, and I discuss 2 Nephi 25:23 in relation to institutional Mormonism and BYU neo-orthodoxy. This conversation is from around June 21, 2007. I procrastinated in uploading the talk and hence have not done all I can … Continue reading
How would John Taylor vote in tomorrow’s election?
Last Friday, in honor of John Taylor’s 200th birthday, Mormon Coffee published several quotes from Mormonism’s 3rd prophet and president. Today, the day before an important and historic election in America, we offer more, with a question. To set the … Continue reading
Notable Teachings From John Taylor
Tomorrow (November 1, 2008) marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Mormonism’s third prophet and president, John Taylor. Taylor became an LDS apostle in 1838, then became the President of the LDS Church in 1880. Having married 16 women … Continue reading
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