Category Archives: Early Mormonism

Mormon History: Here a blip, there a blip…

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

Latter-day Saint Melissa Inouye writes, “Mormonism isn’t like a string of Christmas lights.” She would rather liken Mormonism to a loaf of sourdough bread, and here’s why. Each light in a string of Christmas lights is dependent on the other … Continue reading →

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Mormonism’s “Formative Period”

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

Robert Millet, professor of education at Brigham Young University, has contributed an article to the Washington Post addressing the question, “Are Mormons Christian?” As part of his apologetic published on June 4 (2012) Dr. Millet wrote, “So far as I … Continue reading →

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Why Would “Five Wives” Brand Offend Mormons?

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

Much has been written over last week or so about Idaho’s ban of the sale of a particular brand of vodka because of its label. The spirit, made at Ogden’s Own Distillery in Utah, is called Five Wives Vodka, and … Continue reading →

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A Vision of Mormonism’s Premortality

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

Did you know that no women chose the side of Lucifer in Mormonism’s premortal War in Heaven? Of course, this is not official LDS Church doctrine, but according to a vision received by Mosiah Hancock in 1855, every female spirit … Continue reading →

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Mormonism “fell a heap of ruins.”

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

Stephen Burnett became a Mormon in November of 1830. In 1831 he was ordained to the office of High Priest, and in 1832 he became a Mormon missionary. He was a faithful Mormon for many years, but what he witnessed … Continue reading →

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Mormonism’s Secret History

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

In 1851 Mormon apostle Erastus Snow completed overseeing the production of a Danish translation of the Book of Mormon. It was the first non-English edition of the book ever published. When Deseret News provided an overview of the history of … Continue reading →

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Past and Present: Rooting Out Sin Among the Mormons

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

Last week the Salt Lake Tribune reported on a recent shake up among members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Observers say an unprecedented number — up to 1,500 members — of the polygamous sect led … Continue reading →

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The America That Mormon Prophets Never Foresaw

Posted on November 28, 2011 by grindael

Joseph Smith made some crucial prophecies about the Second Coming that caused many other Mormon “authorities” to make additional ones, and voice the expectation that the United States would be destroyed as a nation, and Jesus would return by the … Continue reading →

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Nauvoo Women: An Overlooked History of the Mormon Relief Society

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

This year (2011) Mormon ladies have been learning about the history of the Church’s Relief Society, said to be “the Lord’s organization for woman.” Julie B. Beck, the Relief Society general president wrote that “understanding our history is not only … Continue reading →

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Why are non-Mormons uncomfortable with Mormonism?

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

On October 10 (2011) LDS blogger Joanna Brooks posted an interview with Patrick Mason, author of The Mormon Menace: Violence and Anti-Mormonism in the Postbellum South (Oxford University Press, 2011). The topic of the interview: “Why Do Southerners Call Mormonism … Continue reading →

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