You may have heard that people gathered recently on Wall Street (questioning corporate wisdom) — with mixed reports on how it went. In other gatherings, some exmos got together for a drinking game, inspired by General Conference. That’s one of the offerings when you’re done watching the game. Sulli summarized…
Pity Party for LDS, Inc./City Creek Reserve Inc.
The Salt Lake Tribune has an article up noting that LDS Inc./City Creek Reserve is having a hard time selling its downtown condos. I know I feel bad for LDS, Inc. I mean, why build condos except to make a profit, right? And City Creek Reserve Inc. really doesn’t have…
Mitt Romney is scheduled to share a stage with this anti-Mormon asshat
Bryan Fischer in all his revisionist Christianist glory: Linkage: Fischer: First Amendment Does Not Apply To Mormons When Romney and Fischer share a stage Romney to Share Stage with Far-Right, Anti-Muslim Activist Awkward: Mitt Romney Set To Share Stage With Anti-Mormon Shock Jock The stupid, it burns.
Evergreen International 2011 Conference Twofer
Seth Bracken posted a pair of reports to QSaltLake.com that I’m gonna simply link and excerpt here. Evergreen Conference Attracts Hundreds Jared, 17, sat through the sessions of the conference flanked by his parents on either side, in hopes to overcome his temptations, serve a mission, marry a woman and…
Dallin Oaks and John Eastman redux
Back in February I wrote a post for MSP about the close relationship of Apostle Dallin H Oaks, former member of the Utah Supreme Court, and uber-right wing legal expert John Eastman. I posited that their close relationship indicated how closely the Mormon Church was involved with the ongoing Prop…
Is it just me or do a lot of Mormon kids wish they belonged to a big box church?
Because, when I see talent like this, I gotta wonder: Not to mention: Al Sharpton has suggested that these (big box) churches focus on personal morality issues while ignoring social justice. Maybe, but the kids seem to like it. And you can’t stop it: It’s already begun: Can you feel…
Sunday in Outer Blogness: Beliefs and Actions Edition!
This past week has seen a lot of discussion about capital punishment (and other pro-life questions). Interestingly economic discussions also seem guided by religious ideology. And don’t forget the military. Is it even possible to talk about politics without taking about religion? In this week’s religious journeys, Eliza is at…
Flirt to deconvert: Therese Doucet’s “A Lost Argument”
Marguerite has a problem. She loves the structure and purpose that Mormonism provides, and — like every good BYU co-ed — she’s dying to land a man. Unfortunately, instead of being a perky blonde out of a shampoo commercial, she’s a shy, nerdy bookworm — and hence practically invisible to…
So you’re a… umm… ok
One viewer’s reaction to an “I’m a Mormon”/Mormon.org video*: Folks be gettin’ annoyed by LDS-sponsored YouTube ads. Mormon YouTube ads engage with social media to advertise their religion, an online version of the door-to-door campaigns conducted by the Jehovahs witnesses. The only difference is that you can no longer shut…
The Church’s “Political Neutrality”
As we enter a new election cycle, here’s a link to the Church’s statement about the Church itself being “neutral” to matters of “party politics,” even as it encourages its membership to be responsible civic citizens and voters. The caveats are that the Church does: Request candidates for office —…