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by Johnny Townsend In the life of every atheist raised in a religious household, there comes a moment when we encounter our first question that can’t be answered. For me, it was when as a young Mormon teen reading lots of science fiction novels, I encountered aliens with amazing abilities. I’d think, “Wouldn’t it be […]
Continue ReadingOnce you strip away all the Book of Mormon’s pretenses of scriptural import, what you have is nothing more nor less than a lusty tale of America’s favorite subject: families and murder…. Murder and ruin are written across the breadth of Joseph Smith’s pre-American panorama, and because violence always demands an explanation or a solution, […]
Continue ReadingMormon Alumni Association Books is seeking LDS-themed novels in all categories, including literary, commercial, and genre fiction. We will also consider short fiction and poetry collections. We are looking for completed manuscripts that explore the unique Mormon experience. Works may be critical of or sympathetic to the LDS Church and its members. However, we are […]
Continue Readingby Johnny Townsend A Mormon by any other name would smell as sweet. Or, more accurately, a Mormon by any other name would smell as saccharine. I don’t mean to sound offensive. That’s always the trick, isn’t it? Not sounding offensive. It’s perfectly okay to be offensive, though, right? “I love you but I hate […]
Continue ReadingThe results are in!!! Congrats to all the winners, and thanks to all who participated!! Year-long awards for people and groups: Best New Podcast: Marriage on a Tightrope Best New Blog/Channel/Site: Unrigeteous Dominion Best Podcast: Radio Free Mormon Best Humor/Satire Blog/Channel/Podcast: The Drunk Mormon Podcast Best Site of Images/Memes/Comics: Stuff You Missed in Sunday School […]
Continue ReadingThe polls are now ready!! A huge thanks to everyone who nominated and shared with us this fantastic crop of amazing content from 2018!! Year-long awards for people and groups: Best New Podcast Brodies 2018: Best New Podcast Marriage on a Tightrope The Drunk Mormon Podcast Latter Day Lesbian Glass Box Podcast Mormon Women Speak […]
Continue ReadingThanks for all of the additional nominations!!! I am really sorry for losing so many nominations between the first and second nomination threads — there was this cute little button marked “older comments” which I somehow didn’t notice when I did my earlier roundup. I hope I have everything now — if you see any […]
Continue ReadingThanks for all of the great nominations so far!! I haven’t added my own nominations yet, but I plan to do so this weekend, and then I’ll make the polls. So you have one more week (from this posting) to nominate and then two weeks to vote. It would appear that the most hotly-contested race […]
Continue ReadingSam Young — a former Mormon Bishop — has spent the past few years shining the light on a shameful practice within the CoJCoL-dS: having untrained lay bishops give one-on-one, closed-door interviews with children and teens in which bishops are expected to ask the minors about their sexual experiences (chastity) and are allowed to ask […]
Continue Readingby Johnny Townsend My mom had few friends in her life. As a kid, I watched her interact with neighbors just twice. My parents never hosted parties, never invited anyone over for dinner, rarely let my sister or me bring any of our own friends over. Once, on a visit back to Mom’s hometown in […]
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