In his memoir, the former President of Affirmation shows how to embrace both queerness and faith The LDS Church’s stance against gay people has evolved in the past half century. Homosexuality is no longer blamed on sexual abuse, poor parenting or, as Spencer W. Kimball said, an embarrassing “search for…
Why Are So Many Mormons Devil Worshippers?
Latter-day Saints—Mormons—members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—have been accused through the years of belonging to a cult, being non-Christian, being fanatics. They’ve even been accused of being devil worshippers. I used to laugh at such claims, but now I see there might be some merit to…
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Righteous Defiance for Refugees, not
On March 7, the LDS Church released a pro-refugee video featuring Apostle Dieter Uchtdorf describing himself as a refugee, along with stock footage of Jesus Christ literally uplifting the weary. Why the timing? The day before, Trump toyed with revoking the legal status of about 240,000 Ukranians who were in the…
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It’s Time for the LDS Church to Use Its Rainy Day Fund
Members were shocked several years ago to learn the LDS church had investments valued at over $32 billion dollars, a number that has since grown to over $56 billion. Were they a church or a corporation? An organization with a mission to alleviate suffering or one to build wealth? LDS…
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Congratulations 2024 Brodie Award Winners!!!!
What an impressive batch of winners we’ve got this year!! This year’s collection includes some popular favorite creators who win something every year as well as some brand-new folks who have never won a Brodie Award before!! (If anyone can be said to have swept the awards this year, it…
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It’s Time to Vote for the 2024 Brodie Awards!!!
We have a fantastic crop of nominees this year!! There are more books this year than ever! As you’re going through and voting for all of your familiar favorites, I encourage you to check out some of the ones you haven’t heard of yet. I do every year, and the…
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Congratulations 2024 X-Mormon of the Year: Nemo the Mormon!!!
It was a tight race this year!! …just kidding, of course — Douglas Stilgoe (a.k.a. Nemo the Mormon) won by a landslide. In addition to making entertaining content on his YouTube channel, Douglas has been a tireless advocate for positive change within the CoJCoL-dS. He even flew to Fairview, Texas…
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Gathering Nominations for the Brodie Awards 2024!!
Voting for X-Mormon of the Year 2024 is underway!! Cast your vote here!! We started collecting Brodies nominations about a week ago, but to make it simpler for you to add your own nominations (and even your own categories!), I like to create a post that shows the current nominees….
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Time to Vote for X-Mormon of the Year 2024!!!
The Brodies nominations are ongoing — please add your nominations here!! Here are the bios of the nominees: Nemo the Mormon (a.k.a. Douglas Stilgoe): YouTuber “Nemo the Mormon” was excommunicated by the CoJCoL-dS on September 30, 2024. In addition to his popular YouTube channel, Nemo is famous for activism within…
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Collecting Nominations for the 2024 Brodie Awards!!
(The nominations for X-Mormon of the Year 2024 are currently open here.) This year marks the fifteenth year of the Brodie Awards!!! I hope many of you are already familiar with how this works — but I also hope there are also some new people participating for the first time…