Missionary Chat: Omniscience vs. endowments
Today’s missionary chat is based on a question my wife raised that I always found interesting: If God is omniscient, then why do Mormons have endowments done? Â Wouldn’t God know who to let into...
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Missionary Chat: Polygamist God
In my ongoing pursuit to learn what “on the ground” Mormons believe, here’s another Missionary Chat. Â This one on God the Father and his wife/wives. Ken: Hello. Marcel: welcome back (creepy that they know...
Missionary Chat: Gods & Planets
I’m kind of enjoying chatting with the missionaries online. Â Since it’s on my own terms, it’s kind of nice. Â Here’s my discussion from this week: Joey: Hello. Sean: Hello! Bob (me): Hi. I have...
Missionary Chat: Philadelphia Apartment Building
I had another question I wanted to run by some Mormons: Why is the LDS Church building a for-profit, 32 story apartment building in Philadelphia? Â Same rules as before… Bob (me): Hello? Ken: How...
Missionary Chat: Florida Property
In case you didn’t catch it, the LDS Church now owns 2% of the state of Florida. Â Since I try not to bug my still Mormon family members about the LDS Church very often,...
Is Mormonism going to evolve, and can I make it work for me?
I had a young man email me with a couple of questions. Â After writing up my response to him, I thought my response might make a good post on MSP. Here’s the question: Is...
Real or pretend change? LDS Inc. on gay scouts…
If you haven’t heard, the LDS Church issued a statement on the policy change the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is considering that would allow gay scouts – but no gay scout masters. Â The...
the feminists are coming, the feminists are coming!
There’s lots going on at LDS Inc. regarding women. Â Obviously the big news is that a woman finally got to say a prayer in conference, which the church is claiming was already on the...
anti-porn videos from the 1980s?
I’ve been working on a research project examining official Mormon discourse over the last 40 years or so and came across a reference to some anti-porn videos produced by the Church in the 1980s....
Joseph vs. The Gold: Help me script it!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wRRff8x0k Ever since seeing this not so good version on youtube, I’ve been wondering what a good recreation of the Joseph Smith run with the plates might look like. Â It’s all based on Lucy...
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