Category: Mountain Meadows Massacre

“If I see Harry Reid in the temple, I’m going to hit him.”

civil discourse / Manners / Mountain Meadows Massacre / Tolerance / Utah / Violence

March 31, 2010

“If I see Harry Reid in the temple, I’m going to hit him.”

Hey, Mormons: Wilco Tango Foxtrot? (Comments are now closed at the original post, so please comment below) Serious kudos to The Millennial Star and John Fowles for taking on this topic in this M*...

Book Club Discussion of “Under the Banner”

Book Review / FLDS / Fundamentalism / Mormon Doctrine / Mountain Meadows Massacre / Polygamy / Violence

October 1, 2009

Book Club Discussion of “Under the Banner”

My book club recently read Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer. Despite my interest in all things mormon, I did not recommend this book to my group. I had read it before,...

Apologetics / Appearances / LDS History / Mountain Meadows Massacre

October 15, 2007

Let the Healing Begin

I saw a movie yesterday. No, it wasn’t September Dawn. It was a little indie film by film maker Brian Patrick called Burying the Past: Legacy of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. I wasn’t prepared...

Apologetics / Ethics / Mountain Meadows Massacre / Traditions / Violence

September 13, 2007

On the occasion of the anniversary of the Mountain Meadow Massacre, the semi-official LDS spokesperson on the issue Richard Turley has published an editorial in the Spectrum, which advises the Saints how to relate...