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lds-mormon.com contains the LDS info from this site (and then some) in a better organized and easier to navigate setup.
Chieko Okazaki on teaching individuality instead of making cookies.
AAUP reports that BYU falls short on academic freedom. McMurrin says a controlling church shouldn't even have a university.
Was the Book of Abraham a translation of Egyptian or Hebrew?
Some information on the new Relief Society President.
Time Magazine: LDS Church 'Most Prosperous' Religion
Time Magazine article on Mormonism from 1994
Has the Mormon thinking been done for them?
What is God's name?
Janice Allred on BYU President Bateman.
Mark Hofmann strikes again.
The Mormons' Trail of Hope by Gordon B. Hinckley and a response.
The Man Who Bought A House (parable by a former Mormon)
The Battle (poem by a BYU student)
A response to Gordon B. Hinckley's comments on prayer in public, coins, and freedom.
My comments on FARMS review of the internet.
My critique of "The Family: A Proclamation to the World"
Do you trust in the arm of flesh? Read this essay I recently put together to see what exactly this may mean.
Quotes that I frequently update. They have little to do with Mormonism unless you believe in the quote at the top of this page by Henry Eyring. There are a few of them from Mormons though.
"What the saints don't know" (Seito no Michi) is written by a former bishop who is native Japanese. If you have Japanese OS click here. If you don't, but can still read Japanese, click here (and then on "Go!") for a much slower version of the site.
Five options of belief regarding the origins of the temple ordinances.
Rethinking Mormonism
Did Thomas Paine's writings have any influence on Joseph Smith?
Although a few of these stories seem to end in the tragedy of leaving one set of superstitions for another, Recovery from Mormonism is an excellent, well-visited site. Many of the thoughts expressed thereon are well worth a listening. I probably relate best to story #41 and #44.
The Tanners now have a ton of stuff available on the web, and although I disagree with their tone, selective methodology, and many of their conclusions, they have put out some stuff that is difficult to ignore including information on Paul Dunn and some Book of Abraham background information.
Gordon B. Hinckley on 60 Minutes and Larry King Live.
Atheist groups called upon the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to retract statements he made over the weekend against non-believers.
Gordon B. Hinckley seems confused on what atheism is. He also seems to think that Christianity formed the nation and keeps it going.
Some Book of Mormon and other early church questions. Perhaps FARMS (The Foundation for Acquiring Rich Mormons' Salary as some would call them ) will provide adequate answers to these questions. More than likely, you'll just hear ad hominem arguments, but give them both a good look and decide for yourself.
A former member's story and her ex-Mormon Q&A page.
The Salt Lake Tribune indicates that the new RLDS "prophet" doesn't believe in the historicity of the Book of Mormon. The RLDS has taken the lead in abandoning racism, sexism, and the Book of Abraham. Now the Book of Mormon?
Where may have Joseph Smith come up with all of those Book of Mormon names anyway?
Dallin H. Oaks appears to be asking for a little bit of almost blind faith. It is a bit strange that the leaders say that reason is "God given" and then they go on to basically say that reason can't be relied upon--we then need to go to "revelation" or the "spirit" which really means we should do as they tell us to as Ezra Taft Benson says here. If reason is really "placed in us by our Creator" as Oaks says, shouldn't it be good enough to tell us what we need to know about God?
When are the women going to get the priesthood (or at least a little equal treatment)? It appears they may have once had it. Of course, Boyd K. Packer now thinks that working women, feminism, gays, and scholars are "dangers" so don't count on women holding the priesthood any time soon. Hinckley recently told women and gays about "their place".
Some thoughts out of my alma mater--what BYU professors think of evolution and a GA's thoughts on the same topic.
The 6,000 year old temporal earth in LDS theology and other items related to the Mormon views on evolution.
An article on an LDS guy who was exed for thinking and then publishing.
In the Heavens Are Parents Equal? Some thoughts from Janice Allred.
Not all the GAs think that thinking is a bad thing. Hugh B. Brown encouraged it and personal freedom.
Heeding the prophet's command, I share with you a bit of humor. Robert Kirby has an excellent column every week in the Salt Lake Tribune which is now written more often than just on Saturdays.
Here is some information regarding gays in the church which many at BYU try to ignore. The church once tried to "cure" homosexuality as you can see from this documentary.
A couple of Sunstone presentations by Dr. Jeffery R. Jensen: We See What We Believe: The Heterosexualization of Gay Men and Lesbians in the LDS Church and Homosexuality: A Psychiatrist's Response to LDS Social Services.
The Moundbuilder Myth. Are Mormon teachings making the church the laughing stock of the educated world?
Some of the typical responses when you ask for answers to your religious questions.
Mormon Church History contains tons of information on polygamy and the evolution of official Mormon history.
Bing's Mormon Corner featuring Bing's "Mormonisms".
You know something is strange with a religion when virtually no pro-Mormon sites on the web will link to a page like the Book of Mormon Research Page which is the only spot on the web that contains previous versions of the church's own scriptures. Is something wrong here?
H. Michael Marquardt's Mormon Origins is an excellent site for researchers of Mormon history.
Book of Mormon studies contains some unique conclusions. It Includes the full text of Solomon Spalding's "Manuscript Story".
Similarly, you won't want to miss Spalding Studies which shows that the Spalding manuscript isn't as open and shut a case as apologists would like the faithful to believe.
The unofficial alt.religion.mormon archive.

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