Author Archives: Aaron Shafovaloff

The Cruelty and Cold-Heartedness Mormon Neo-Orthodoxy

Let me intensify/exaggerate things for a moment for the sake of a point: Imagine you are in a room with a dozen people deeply, negatively, emotionally, spiritually impacted by Kimball’s Miracle of Forgiveness, and you are the only Mormon who … Continue reading

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Mormons Are Right: The Cross is Shameful

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No Repentance After Death

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BYU Professor Announces Significant Textual Discovery from the Jordanian Plates

There was much ado this week about “a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE, which may include key clues to the last days … Continue reading

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One argument that I no longer use against the “royal line of sinless saviors”

One argument that I no longer use against RLSS (see background here) is the argument that Mormonism essentially yields a small proportion of never-sinned Gods in ultimate reality. Put your thinking caps on. This argument works if all you have … Continue reading

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Mormonism’s Sabbath Police

This video is described on You Tube as a “Humorous clip showing what activities are NOT suitable for Sunday by four LDS Young Women Leaders and a husband. Made for a Youth Standards Night Program…” “Therefore let no one pass … Continue reading

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The Christ of Mormonism vs. the Christ of the Bible

Written by a local ex-Mormon Christian friend of mine: — This is the Christ of Mormonism: 1. He lives as a humanoid god on a star near Kolob along with his father god, bound by the physical world; he does … Continue reading

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Even unique Mormon scripture teaches that remission of sins is prerequisite to baptism

In Acts 17:28, Paul quotes from pagan poetry to make a point that ultimately contradicts pagan theology. He makes a point of connection useful for a larger point of contention. One among other things we can observe from his sermon … Continue reading

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Do you want to know the truth more than you want Mormonism to be true?

(From an e-mail I sent in December) K., An honest question for you: Are you of the mindset that even if the LDS Church isn’t true, it still might be worth believing in? Have you ever seen the Southpark Episode … Continue reading

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God Never Sinned Feature Video Launched on YouTube

“Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can … Continue reading

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