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Orson Scott Card: Believers who claim to have heard voices are ‘wackos’

Chino Blanco, December 16, 2010May 17, 2011

“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…

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what to say when

aerin64, June 24, 2010

Recently 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…

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Why the LDS brand matters

Chino Blanco, March 26, 2010September 3, 2011

General 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…

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An Interesting Encounter

Cr@ig, January 7, 2010January 10, 2010

Earlier 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…

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Appearance and Helen Andelin

aerin64, June 16, 2009May 9, 2023

Helen 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…

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A Story I Never Tell Anyone (conclusion of OH)

chanson, April 13, 2009

In 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…

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Today’s Sunday School lesson is on “open-mindedness”

profxm, April 5, 2009
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Advice from the armchair marriage counselor

chanson, May 21, 2008June 25, 2024

Suppose 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…

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Mother’s Day Mormon

profxm, May 12, 2008May 12, 2008

My 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…

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That’s It! I’m Going Back!

Hellmut, February 25, 2008October 20, 2010

I 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….

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    I imagine anyone who has tried to change the church from within will identify with Kitchen's story. I especially like…

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