You knew it was coming, and now it’s here’s: the first exmo response to the LDS mormon.org ad campaign. “Hi, my name is Robert, and I’m an ex-Mormon.” Domo arigato, Mister Ex-Mo-Roberto!
Prop 8 supporters argue for stay
So, just to keep people apprised, I wanted to lay out the arguments of the supporters of Prop 8 in their motion for a stay, plus provide some of my own commentary. They say Walker ignored the following “facts”:
Yes, I left because I was offended.
A few months after my husband and I moved from Arizona to North Dakota, but before we had officially resigned our membership, the Mormons tracked us down, as they are famous for doing. (FSM help any Mormons who need to enter the witness protection program.) I wasn’t home when they…
Mormonism: The HAL 9000 of revealed religion
HAL: “Let me put it this way, Mr. Amor. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.” Of course, as HAL learns,…
Anything Good in the Book of Mormon
I’m going to ask a strange question of a bunch of exMos, but I hope you can help me out. I don’t know where I could ask this question on the Bloggernacle without it ending badly. I was reading James Kugel’s essay on biblical criticism’s strange relationship to apologetics (highly…
Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m a Mormon.
Please go show this brave gal some love by subscribing to her YouTube channel! For folks who haven’t yet seen the recent Mormon TV ad campaign that Sarah’s clip is spoofing, check it out. And by the way, I just noticed Sarah’s letter to Joanna Brooks. If anyone here is…
My experience at Sunstone
Sunstone was an interesting experience for me. I was there Friday and Saturday, and Saturday morning I presented my paper “Two Paradigms for ‘Gay’,” which compared themes/reception of Langford’s No Going Back (which if you overlay onto the categories at the right, takes a North Star-like stance), and my novel…
How many Mormons does it take to bless a baby?
Twenty Twenty-five Thirty Forty comments later … Who knows? Good grief.
You can have it all at a Mormon-owned Marriott Hotel!
Yes, I’ve been inspired to talk about Marriott, again. * recent amateur in-room photo courtesy mormonsexposed.com Pounding the pulpit about porn with one fist while grabbing porn profits with the other? It’s what happens when The Restoration meets Too Big To Fail. Fave Mitt Romney quote: “Pornography and violence poison…
The Future of Religion in America?
I was riding my bike through myneighborhoodwith my son the other day when I noticed a “For Sale” sign in an odd place – in front of a local church: Yep, the local church is for sale. I couldn’t help but think that this is reflective of the growing number…