Category Archives: LDS Church

Mormonism’s Prophetic Authority and Selective Disobedience

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

Mormon blogger Jana Riess writes about “selective obedience” in her April 7th (2014) blog. She’s responding to a comment made by LDS apostle Robert Hales at last weekend’s General Conference. In his address, Mr. Hales contrasted three types of behavior: … Continue reading →

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Mormons and Muslims Similar in Many Ways

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

Back in 2005 Robert Velarde and Eric Johnson co-wrote an article for the CRI Journal comparing Mormons and Muslims. The authors looked at four areas of differences (i.e., views of Creation, God, Jesus, and humankind’s final state) and four areas … Continue reading →

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New church essay distances LDS Church from Joseph Smith

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Eric Johnson

Breaking news as reported by Peggy Fletcher Stuck: Over the past few months, there have been essays published on LDS.org concerning the First Vision, Race and the Priesthood, plural marriage, the Book of Mormon translation, and Becoming Like God. Now, … Continue reading →

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Critics of Mormonism Are All the Same

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

The feminist Mormon group Ordain Women explains on its website: “Ordain Women aspires to create a space for Mormons to articulate issues of gender inequality they may be hesitant to raise alone. As a group we intend to put ourselves … Continue reading →

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“The fulness of his kingdom” – Mormons becoming like God

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

On February 25th (2014) the Mormon Church posted a new article in its Gospel Topics section: “Becoming Like God.” Deseret News says this essay accomplishes “explaining the faith’s doctrine” on the topic, and the Salt Lake Tribune likewise says it … Continue reading →

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Passing the Torch of Mormonism’s Historical Racisim

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

[In honor of Black History Month 2014, each Monday in February Mormon Coffee’s blog post has addressed a topic related to racism in Mormon history. Today is the final post in the series.] Institutionalized racism in the Mormon Church spanned … Continue reading →

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Mormonism’s Scarlet Letter of Apostasy

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

Last month (30 January 2014) Newsweek published an article about Mormons leaving the LDS Church. Though Journalist Hannah Miet writes about some of the difficulties people have had in leaving Mormonism, she really misses the depth of emotional struggles attendant … Continue reading →

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Mormon Prophet Summoned to British Court

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

Yesterday (5 February 2014) The Arizona Republic reported: “The leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been ordered to appear before a magistrate in England on fraud charges filed by a disaffected ex-Mormon who disputes fundamental … Continue reading →

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Mormon Apostle on Sins of Omission

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

It has been awhile since this 5-minute video was posted at its Deseret Book website, but it has recently been making some waves in the blogosphere. In this Q&A with a Mormon apostle, a young LDS boy asks David Bednar, … Continue reading →

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Are Racist LDS Scriptures Still Deemed “Utterly Reliable” and “Pure Truth”? Part 2

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Lynn K. Wilder

What do LDS Church leaders have to say about the reliability and accuracy of their own scriptures? According to LDS leaders, Mormon scriptures are “utterly reliable” and “pure truth.”  The current prophet, President Monson, declared on the official church website … Continue reading →

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