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“We already have a science fiction religion, so we never have any conflict between our religion and what we write.” — Orson Scott Card “The secret to life here is finding out what your own religion really is and perhaps adapting it and learning what your religion should be in order to get along with […]
Continue ReadingRecently I saw a (small maroon) book with a title like “What to say when: answers for latter day saints”. I’ve searched popular search engines, online book retailers, LDS church publisher websites to no avail. So I can’t post a link. But I thought it was an interesting idea/concept. It had gems of wisdom including […]
Continue ReadingGeneral David Petraeus discusses Iraq & Afghanistan war strategy with BYU students: Petraeus began his remarks by listing the Top 10 reasons BYU students make such great soldiers: Number One – They understand how far Iraq has come over the past seven years. In fact, they think that Iraq’s old spot in the “Axis of […]
Continue ReadingEarlier today a young man entered my office seeking my adviceThis is not unusual for someone in my line of business. But it is a rare day when someone comes to me, in my capacity as an apostate, seeking advice regarding of all subjectsreligionparticularly the Mormon religion. But it happened today. A bit of background: […]
Continue ReadingHelen Andelin, author of Fascinating Womanhood recently passed away. My sympathy to her friends and family. I’m sure that she had a life and beliefs outside of her work. I do have definite opinions about her work, which I will discuss below. I definitely disagree with her work and its premise. The book was supposedly […]
Continue ReadingIn the morning, I wanted to go talk to Rex again. Fortunately he was available for a chat just as he had been the day before. “Well, it’s official,” I said. “Lynn was right. The girl I like, Andrea, she isn’t interested in me. She’s Joe’s girlfriend now.” Read the rest of the story »
Continue ReadingSuppose your marriage is afflicted with that everyone’s-talking-about-how-they’re-suffering-in-silence Mormon epidemic know as “your husband’s porn addiction.” Suppose you’re absolutely convinced that that is the problem, and if he won’t stop, then your marriage will be destroyed — nothing can persuade you otherwise. But he can’t seem to stop, or refuses to. Then there are two […]
Continue ReadingMy brother-in-law is now an ex-mo, but his mother (my mother-in-law) won’t stop pestering him about returning to Mormonism (he’s only been openly out for about 6 months now; he was in the closet for about 6 months before that). He called her yesterday for Mother’s Day and asked her what she wanted. She said, […]
Continue ReadingI just finished scrolling through the reader responses to the Danzig affair in the Trib. Granted, it’s the Salt Lake Tribune and not the Deseret News but I have to admit that I am shocked. May be, it’s just me but the tone of the discussion seems to have changed. The critics of the LDS […]
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