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Atheism is just another blue pill

We already live in Narnia. We live in a universe that had a beginning. Indeed, something exists rather than nothing (this alone is amazing). We live among embodied souls who have intrinsic dignity, beauty, and moral culpability. We live in … Continue reading

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How Mormon beliefs chiefly perpetuate

What was once explicitly taught and instilled often only needs implicit, suggestive support to perpetuate. If I tell my daughter a hundred times, “Daddy loves ice cream!”, and then every week after I say, “Let’s go to Leatherby’s and get … Continue reading

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Mormon Scholar Brian Hales Defends Joseph Smith’s Polygamy

Listen for yourself here. As one Mormon commenter put it: “As someone who loves and values the church — is active and serves in the church — and as someone who has a lot to gain from being able to … Continue reading

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Teaching my six and four-year-old to discern language about God

“John Caleb and Lydia, do you know how you say sometimes, ‘Daddy is the best’?” “Yeah. It’s just something we say for fun because we love you.” “And do you think Daddy is *actually* the best Dad in the world?” … Continue reading

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“We believe the same thing.”

“We believe the same thing.” They why the need for a restoration? “We believe the same thing.” Then why did you just tell me you believed the exact opposite thing? “We believe the same thing.” How you can be sure, … Continue reading

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Evangelism to Mormons

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Cracks in the Mormon Dam

(Starts at about 8m45s) Cracks in the Mormon Dam. Some water already beginning to gush. Atheist LDS current mission presidents. Unbelieving return-MP’s. Doubting General Authorities. A General Authority that stops BYU’s NAMIR/FARMS from publishing a piece against the agnostic-in-longtime-LDS-sheeps-clothing John … Continue reading

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Another reason why the father-son argument for achieving godhood doesn’t work

“Don’t you want your son to be as great as you, to have everything you have?” (Mormon) “No, I want my son to be GREATER than I am, and to have much more than I do.” (Me) Very few Mormons … Continue reading

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