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…
Judge Walker’s Prop 8 ruling: Evidence shows that a gender restriction on marriage is “nothing more than an artifact of a foregone notion that men and women fulfill different roles in civic life”
This is the first (of six) of Walker’s dismissals of Prop 8 supporters’ claims. The first claim was that “tradition” is enough to maintain marriage as between a man and woman. Walker states that previous court rulings indicate that an “ancient lineage of a classification” does not make a classification…
“And I’m a … Scientologist.”
Seen those new Mormon TV ads? Here’s my nominee for best of the bunch:
Survival of the Fittest: Mormon Style!
In the comments here and here we were reminded that — while Mormonism doesn’t work for a lot of people — there are some people that Mormonism really does work for. There are particular skills and personality traits that will help you thrive in Mormonism, and even if these traits…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Blasphemy Edition!
I’m not sure what’s up — maybe we’ve been too civil lately? — but it seems like the folks of Outer Blogness have been out to blaspheme (and otherwise offend the sensitive) this week! (Perhaps as Holly argues the entire world is kryptonite to Mormons, and helping them to fragilize…