Andrew S contrasted the attitudes of John Dehlin and Dan Wotherspoon using a quote that illustrates this week’s LDS topic: It’s not just these isolated positive emotional experiences that I had, that you have had, that others have had…it’s the fact that those are tied to an institution that brings…
Month: September 2015
Sunday in Outer Blogness: tidbits edition!
This past week didn’t have one big, over-arching Mo-related scandal (for once), but there were oh-so-many interesting tidbits!! Archeologists recently found the mass graves of the victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the Mormon population numbers don’t add up, and the fight for women’s reproductive health in Utah just got…
More than feeding roots
I feel like it’s important to share my experience and thoughts regarding a recent talk Elder Ballard gave in the Marriott Center to the Utah South Area. Why do I even care when I no longer believe or attend church? I have close family members that do believe and accept…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Julie Rowe Edition!
Whatever happened to that old-time LDS religion that was always on about how the end of the world is nigh? Probably some members like the newer, calmer CoJCoL-dS, but others are clearly unsatisfied with the weak porridge (and deletions) that the correlated corporate church serves up — they want the…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: The Return!
Hi folks, I’m back!! When we last checked in with the church PR leaders, they were huffily, grudgingly sticking with the Boy Scouts as their youth program (and continuing their policy of ignoring girls). On immigration the right-wingers also have the opportunity to be out-of-sync with a political position held…