Back in October 2008, I posted a public response to an email that a Mormon friend of mine received and then forwarded on to me for comment: Enough with the Emails from Mormon McVeigh Wannabes. An excerpt from my message to the Mormon author of that email rant: I’m very…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Feminists, Homosexuals, and So-Called Intellectuals Edition!
I wanted to keep this week’s episode short and sweet — to encourage you all to read the Brodies candidates before voting 😉 — but unfortunately people have conspired to write a bunch of amazing posts this past week!! First of all, please go read Cognitive Dissenter’s gorgeous and eloquent…
2010 Brodies: Vote Here!!!
Awards for People and Websites: 2010 Brodies: Best New Blogonline surveys 2010 Brodies: Best Discussion Forumsurvey software 2010 Brodies: Best Humor Site/Blogonline survey 2010 Brodies: Best Static LDS-Interest Sitesurvey software 2010 Brodies: Best LDS Church Watch or News Reporting Person/Sitesurvey software 2010 Brodies: Best Bridge-Buildingsurvey software 2010 Brodies: Best faithful…
Respect versus Idolatry
When Republicans read the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives, they censored the embarrassing passages of the document, you know, the part about slavery and African American being 2/3s people in Article I, Section 2. I am glad that people are ashamed of slavery. On the downside, the…
Fred Karger: It Gets Better
Fred Karger, Political Consultant and Activist: Watch Fred’s complete Big Think broadcast here.
Link bomb #2
A new year, a new link bomb. (This is my second link bomb here, but the 14th in all. You can read the previous installments here, at the USU SHAFT blog.) Philosopher Nicholas Everitt discusses Gods various attributes (omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, omnibenovelence) and their incompatibility. Everitt recommends that theists tweak…
2010 LGBT issues in the Church: optimism or pessimism?
I’m taking this topic from Joanna Brooks and John-Charles Duffy at Religion Dispatches who are optimistic and pessimistic respectively about what 2010 said about LGBT issues in the Church. To summarize briefly, Duffy says that the Church’s movement toward accepting “sexual orientation” (a phrase it was not averse to using…
In Laman’s Terms: Looking at Lamanite Identity
h/t marabu Synopsis: “What is a Lamanite?” Based on this single basic question, one Native American man seeks out answers to hard questions about Indian and Mormon identity. Angelo Baca, a Navajo and Hopi filmmaker, takes a personal journey exploring the influences of the Mormon culture upon his own and…
Poll: Does it bother you when Mormon politicians endorse known neo-Nazis?
Before you take the poll, be sure to watch this video: From YouTuber Humanleague002: This video shows State Senator Russell Pearce endorsing JT Ready (Arizona’s most famous White Supremacist) in 2006 for Mesa City Council. The footage has never been seen by the public until now. The footage and the…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Diverse People, Diverse Families Edition!
The highlight of this week has been the series by Invictus Pilgrim on the subject of being gay and Mormon (especially the experience of men who are in, have been in, or are thinking of getting into a mixed-orientation marriage). He has not only discussed his own experience, but has…