I know I’ve done a bit of rabble-rousing with my last few posts, but this is another one that was spurred by the ethnography I recently read about Mormonism. Â In it, the author talks about how Mormon parents think about their kids in discussing the life trajectory of Mormons as…
Author: profxm
I'm a college professor and, well, a professional X-Mormon. Thus, ProfXM. I love my Mormon family, but have issues with LDS Inc. And I'm not afraid to tell LDS Inc. what I really think... anonymously, of course!
video found: J. Reuben Clark’s statement on keeping black blood away from white Mormons
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Racqdp5E0x0
Tithing vs. Taxes: Winner – Taxes!
Caught this interesting article in Forbes about a Mormon who hasn’t been paying his taxes. Â He’s currently trying to negotiate with the IRS the rate at which he will pay his back taxes. Â He wants to pay them at a pretty paltry $3,000 a month, claiming his lifestyle requires that…
How is lying an improvement?
In case you haven’t heard, LDS Inc has updated their scriptures. Â Most of the changes are cosmetic, apparently, but Peggy Fletcher Stack notes some that aren’t so cosmetic: changes that reflect views on race and polygamy. Â But what’s confusing me is the spin that’s going on with these changes. Â In…
Oh boobs!
Apparently, some Mormons are getting really upset about women breastfeeding in church. Â Props to the women who are fighting this ignorance, and double props for the cool name: Latter-day Lactivists. Â What’s the big deal? Now, I used to be uncomfortable around women who were breastfeeding when I was hormonal teenager,…
The Mormon Apogee of Affirming the Consequent
From Wikipedia: Affirming the consequent, sometimes called converse error or fallacy of the converse, is a formal fallacy of inferring the converse from the original statement. The corresponding argument has the general form: If P, then Q. Q. Therefore, P. An argument of this form is invalid, i.e., the conclusion…
Questions Mormons Can’t Answer?
I was reading an ethnography of Mormonism that will be released in the next few months (I got an advance copy) and a thought struck me when the author started describing some Mormon beliefs: There are some aspects of Mormonism that really cannot be explained. Â In other words, Mormons can’t…
Just in time for Valentine’s Day – evening
A new take on the missionary position: See the rest of the photo shoot here:Â http://mormonmissionarypositions.com/ My now favorite Mormon missionary themed position:
Why do some Mormons equate their religion with their personal identity?
In a recent discussion with some devout Mormon family members, I framed the Noah and the Ark myth as just that, a myth. Immediately they took offense and claimed I was attacking them. I proceeded to explain that I do think it is perfectly reasonable – actually, more than that,…
Gregory Prince Doesn’t Care About Freethinker-People?!?
In the Fall 2011 issue of Dialogue (44:3), Gregory Prince interviews Shaun A. Casey about religion and presidential politics in light of his recently published book, “The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon 1960.” Just one page in is this exchange: Prince: When was the religion of the…