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Joseph Smith as Peeping Tom

December 12, 2018 Faraday4

by “Faraday” This essay hopes to solve a great mystery: the origins of the naked part of the endowment. The mystery Most people know that the signs and tokens of the temple come from Freemasons. And the Adam and Eve part comes from the book of Genesis. But where do the washings and anointings come […]

“Why do you need to talk about ‘problems in the church’ with your spouse?”

October 20, 2008October 20, 2008 Faraday10

Hellmut asked me to post this. It’s from a recent thread on FLAK, on the topic of marriage. I wrote: I attribute my divorce squarely to the church. Simply because the church forbade us from talking about the one topic we needed to talk about (problems in the church). If a couple cannot talk about […]

Twelve arguments and one proof of the Book of Mormon

November 11, 2007January 15, 2011 Faraday44

In a recent discussion, Hellmut asked Seth R “Why do you think that the probability that the Book of Mormon is true is greater than one percent?” And Seth R. gave a number of reasons. I have summarised them formally, in the hope that they can be further refined and polished. This post is inspired […]

Adventures in online Mormonism. Or, my search for Truth.

March 18, 2007October 20, 2010 Faraday4

This is a trip down memory lane, with some conclusions about the nature of truth. I recently decided to archive and forget my old Mormon-related web sites. AmberAle asked me for some dates regarding when they were created. This led to a stream of rambling reminiscences. So it seemed like a good idea to post […]