This has been a big week for the arts! I know, sometimes it’s too easy to mock really bad art, yet so deliciously fun!! Speaking (as Holly did) of religious/sexual imagery, check out some of the pastels by Sister Mary Lisa on her new art website. Dayle’s art is perhaps…
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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W19 —————————————————– r/exmormon: Mormon Stories Podcast | Book on Church HQ In a 4-part podcast, Andrew Ainsworth asks LDS anthropologist Daymon Smith about Post-Manifesto Polygamy, Correlation, the Corporate LDS Church, and Mammon. r/exmormon: Mormon Convert, Mormon Defector: independent historian Polly Aird talks about her book…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Happy Mothers’ Day Edition!
In honor of this special day, Outer Blogness (and the Bloggernacle) are full of touching tributes to mothers and cute pictures of baby animals. And adventures in motherhood. (Also, let me plug my own mom’s cool history blog.) Naturally, this holiday leads us to reflect on Heavenly Mother, with some…
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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W18 —————————————————– Atheism disproved! You wash your hands even though you can’t see the germs, right? Right? I was talking with my nine year-old son the other night after spending a good part of the evening blogging. He showed some interest in what I was…
Mormons and fraud
The SLTribune has a great article today on Mormons and fraud. According to the article, Utah doesn’t rank #1 in fraud anymore, but it’s still up there. In an effort to combat this, several groups have organized “Fraud College” at Utah Valley State University. But, guess who has opted out…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Unlikely Pairs Edition!
Is it just my imagination, or did the posts of Outer Blogness seem to come in pairs this week? I mean, just look at two of the goals that were posted. Since one of the points of this weekly roundup is to encourage cross-blog discussion, I hope this random pairing…
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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W17 —————————————————– Religious refugees in mainstream America … (r/movies)
A Civil Faithful-LDS Reaction to “8”
We’ve posted quite a lot about 8: The Mormon Proposition here; all positive. However — whether or not the film deserves accolades exclusively — I’d prefer to avoid the danger of falling into the group-think echo-chamber. To that end, I’d like to point you to a civil and detailed mixed…
Catholicism, officially morally bankrupt
How morally bankrupt does a religion have to be to fight legislation that removes statutes of limitations on childhood sexual abuse crimes? Well, the Catholic Church is that bankrupt as it fought Florida legislators who were trying to remove the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse. Some choice quotes…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Participation Edition!
This week there have been some great opportunities for all of us — reading at home — to join in the fun!!! The funnest is, of course, boobquake! Mark your calendars for tomorrow because a Muslim cleric has blamed earthquakes on promiscuity and scantily-clad women — so Jen @ blag…