Category Archives: Authority and Doctrine

Source of Truth

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Sharon Lindbloom

The African Ex-Mormon Foundation recently published an article in The Inquirer Online newspaper (Liberia, West Africa). Seeking to address the question, “Is Mormonism The Same As Biblical Christianity?,” the article forms an interesting argument: “The most important issue with any … Continue reading →

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Six Reasons I Take a Cautious Approach to Seeming Changes

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Aaron Shafovaloff

When some changes to Gospel Principles were publicized, the Mormon response was varied. Some of the more intellectual Mormons with quaint positions (such as a denial of vivaporous spirit birth, denial of the past progression of God from mere mortality … Continue reading →

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Changes to Gospel Principles

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Aaron Shafovaloff

I had another post planned for today, but this is just too hot. Big, big changes have been made to the 2009 edition of Gospel Principles, especially in the last chapter (“Exaltation”). I am slowly compiling the changes here: http://www.mrm.org/gospel-principles … Continue reading →

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We Thank Thee, O God, for BYU Professors

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Aaron Shafovaloff

Heads up: I get snarky over the hypocrisy and sophistry of BYU professors. Without BYU professors, how else would we sift through the contradicting teachings of Mormon prophets and apostles? How else would we escape the “common misunderstandings” fostered by … Continue reading →

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Responding to the “that’s not official doctrine” deflection

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Aaron Shafovaloff

I spent much of the General Conference weekend downtown doing video interviews for my GodNeverSinned.com project. At one point I shot some video of the missionaries trying to neutralize (“hymn-slam”?) one of the jeerers outside the Conference Center. I added … Continue reading →

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BYU Professors vs. LDS Leaders: Who Has Authority to Interpret Doctrine for Members?

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Bill McKeever

Bill McKeever talks about the importance of looking to published statements of the LDS institution as more representative of Mormonism than neo-orthodox writings of BYU professors. 1920×1080 MP4, 640×360 MP4

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Video of Mormon Coffee Tabletalk #1

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Aaron Shafovaloff

This movie requires Flash Player 9 swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.youtube.com/v/Fy7eFDWkdHw&rel=0&showsearch=0&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3″, “swf75a21″, “500″, “385″, “9.0.0″, “”, {}, {wmode: “window”, menu: “false”, quality: “high”, bgcolor: “#FFFFFF”}, {}); The text of my talk is available here. Because Andrew’s drawing didn’t come through, you’ll have to watch … Continue reading →

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A few teachings from the October 1900 LDS General Conference

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

The LDS General Conference in October 1900 focused a lot on the law of tithing. The repetition on that topic was due to the feeling among Church leadership that the second coming of Christ was near and the Saints needed … Continue reading →

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So why is abortion a sin?

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Bill McKeever

Tuesday, January 22, marks the 35th anniversary of the infamous Rose vs. Wade decision making abortion legal in the United States. According to the Guttmacher Institute, more than 42 million legal abortions have been performed in the U.S. between 1973 … Continue reading →

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OxyMormonics on Mormon Confusion over Order of Authority

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Aaron Shafovaloff

This movie requires Flash Player 9 swfobject.embedSWF(“http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ssplayer2.swf?doc=oxymormonics-1-how-much-authority-where-1194031202288441-4″, “swf75a22″, “425″, “355″, “9.0.0″, “”, {}, {wmode: “window”, menu: “false”, quality: “high”, bgcolor: “#FFFFFF”}, {}); The older YouTube version of this is available here. This topic reminds me of a quote by Robert … Continue reading →

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