Apparently LDS Inc. isn’t fond of MormonThink.com. David Twede, the lead editor there, is being summoned for a disciplinary council September 30th. Since I don’t live too far away, I’m happy to go protest. Feel free to think of other creative ways to express your thoughts on this. Also, apparently…
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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!
site issues
Hi Everyone. So, you may have noticed that MSP was temporarily down this morning. That was due to some MySQL database issues (bloat from past plugins). I think I’ve resolved the database issues at this point, so the site should be up and running fine now. You’ve probably also noticed…
news roundup – Mitt’s coffee; more openish books; weird birthday bashes
I’ve been out of town hiking in the Rockies without internet access and now that I’m back and going through my backlog of news, a bunch of interesting stories have grabbed my attention. First, there’s news that Mitt Romney is fine with coffee-flavored ice cream. I’ve seen lengthy debates over…
LDS Church is “kicking against the pricks” on gay marriage
So, get this… A center at BYU collated some survey numbers and guess what is up in Utah: support for civil unions and same-sex marriage. Check out some of their figures. First, all Utah voters: Second, political party identification: Third, by religion: No surprise that the nonreligious support civil unions…
the Mormon quiz
Just caught this quiz on Facebook hosted by mormon.org. Feel free to take the quiz. I got 14 out of 14 correct, but two of the questions stood out. First, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints really, really, really hate it when you associate Mormonism with…
Where does all the money go?
I finally figured out where all of the LDS Church’s money goes thanks to this red light camera photo in Greece:
Mormon finances
In case you missed it, Caroline Winter at Bloomberg Business Week recently published an investigative piece on LDS Church finances that is pretty detailed. It’s pretty well-balanced, though I’m sure many Mormons will dismiss it as anti-Mormon based on the cover image alone: Apparently the article hit a little too…
two interesting news items – Mormon’s Secret and Maxwell Institute shake up
Not sure if you’ve heard, but all you ex-mo’s out there missing your “super sexy” garments can now get them without the requisite temple recommend. www.mormonssecret.com has recreated them, symbols included. I’m tempted to buy some of these for my wife for role-playing: (I kid, of course. Nothing sexy about…
Three and a Half Years
That’s all it would take for Mormon missionaries to knock on every door in the US. Don’t ask me why, but the question popped into my head one day: How long would it take for Mormon missionaries to knock on every door in the US? I finally sat down and…
One more reason porn is better for you than religion
It turns out, porn sites are less likely to infect your computer with a virus or spy ware than are religious websites. Why, you ask? Because porn sites actually care about users coming back to their site because they are trying to make money. Thus, they don’t want their users…