In my family, growing up, we had a tradition that on Christmas Eve, we’d sit together in the living room beside the Christmas tree and read a Christmas story or two. Sometimes it would be something explicitly religious — like the Christmas story from the New Testament — or semi-religious,…
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Sunday in Outer Blogness: Holiday Nibbles Edition!
Since I’ll be setting off on vacation soon, I just thought I’d gather up a few light and amusing tidbits from Outer Blogness this week. Some Outer Bloggers didn’t follow my secret plan (writing about such serious topics as modern-day slavery and shock therapy). But most of the rest did….
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Where we’re going edition!
In honor of Andrew’s question, this week I’ve decided to gather up just those posts where the good folks of Outer Blogness discuss a bit about where they’re at in their religious journeys this holiday season… Many are still dealing with the stress of living in a mixed-faith family. MoHoHawaii…
Overlapping Cultural Mormon Perspectives
Faithful Mormons often imagine that those commenting on Mormonism from outside their circle form one monolithic block of “antis”. Mormon culture encourages this view, so people are often surprised when they read the discussion on the Internet and find that the people who disbelieve Mormonism occasionally agree with the Mormons…
Self-expression in a society
Andrew pointed out the irony of Gary Lawrence’s advice to “just be yourself” (reported here): Gary’s son being himself (gay) + Gary being himself (raging homophobe) = family catastophe. As backwards as it is to call Proposition 8 “pro-family,” Lynnette explains that it’s disingenuous to pretend that gay marriage has…
Now wait a minute…
From the Salt Lake Tribune: Sen. Chris Buttars wants Utah’s Legislature to declare its opposition to the “war on Christmas.” The West Jordan Republican is sponsoring a resolution encouraging retailers to embrace Christmas in their promotions rather than the generic “holidays.” “It would encourage the use of ‘Merry Christmas,’” Buttars…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Bad God Edition!
The big news this week was when God miraculously made someone shoot someone else, but the guy who was target of the malevolent God thwarted the evil miracle by keeping his cell phone in his pocket. Whew, close one! Reported here: God shoots, rescues man. Then we have reports of…
My conspiracy theory #2
You can add this to my earlier Mormon Conspiracy Theory and decide whether I should get out of the conspiracy theory business… 😉 People keep pointing out that it was so obvious that Proposition 8 would be a P.R. fiasco that the Mormons should have predicted it. Well, I contend…
My “Signing for Something” letter
Here it is. So did I resign my church membership like I said I would? Not quite. yet. I set out to do it, and… I just couldn’t do it. Now, I know most people reading this will leap to the cynical interpretation that deep down I secretly still believe…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: no rest until we’re done edition!
So the visceral anger over Proposition 8 has mostly passed, and Outer Blogness has moved on to processing, analysis, and planning the next steps. On resigning from the CoJCoLDS: Kullervo’s doing it, and I’m still working on my letter. I’d have mine done already, but I’m not sure I can…