Big shocker here, folks. The creater of the Mormons Exposed calendar is being hauled into a “court of love” over his calendar. Apparently topless Mormon missionaries are too much for the LDS leadership. This is a great opportunity for another shameless plug for my latest pet theory about the LDS…
What’s really behind the homophobia?
We’ve already talked about the LDS religion’s recent letter encouraging California Mormons to push for a constitutional amendment. Also, while I don’t think it’s been mentioned on here, though I’m guessing Hellmut has probably already harangued as many people as he can about this site: Signing for Something. It contains…
Orthodox Judaism, here we come
Robert Kirby, everyone’s favorite Jack-Mormon, just posted about a new policy of the LDS religion. Apparently the leadership of the religion are now disallowing object lessons in sacrament meetings. While Kirby humorously mocks this move, I have to ask two questions: 1) Is this true? No more object lessons? 2)…
The Humanity of Marriage
If quality marriages were about minimizing differences then incest among identical twins would result in the best marriages. Obviously, that’s absurd. What really matters is not similarity but compatibility. We all belong to the same species. Therefore, all sort of people can successfully procreate and live a happy live. Of…
Interracial marriage still not OK for LDS either…?
Apparently not according to this year’s Aaronic Priesthood manual. Here’s a quote from Aaronic Priesthood Manual 3, Lesson 31: “We recommend that people marry those who are of the same racial background generally, and of somewhat the same economic and social and educational background (some of those are not an…
LDS Church call to arms against “marriage destroyers”
In case anyone missed it, the LDS Church has formally come out encouraging its members to support a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage in California. Based on our earlier poll, I don’t think anyone is surprised by this. Saddened, maybe, but not surprised.
Charitable Giving
One of the things I find I disagree with some active LDS about is the extent of formal LDS charitable giving and service related activities. One of the arguments that I’ve read in various places on the internets is that the Utah LDS church DOES have a strong record of…
impossibility arguments
Here are a few more intriguing thoughts from The Cambridge Companion to Atheism. This first one is a simple refutation of the idea of an omnipotent god, The traditional problem for omnipotence is the paradox of the stone: Could God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? If…
god based morality
Here’s another good thought from the Cambridge Companion to Atheism. The author of this chapter is addressing the question of morality – Can you be moral without god? Amazingly, his arguments are so compelling that, by the end of the chapter, you’re left with the inverse question: Can you be…
mystical experience argument for god
I’ve just finished reading The Cambridge Companion to Atheism (got to love summer!). There are a number of great points in here, but I liked this one sufficiently to share it. Basically, the author is talking about the argument for god’s existence (the Judeo-Christian-Muslim personal god) based on “mystical experience”…