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Mollie Ziegler Hemingway wants to pin a murder on Prop 8 backlash. Don’t let her.

09.07.2010 · Chino Blanco · Posted in GetReligion, Mollie Ziegler

If you agree that this is shameful exploitation of a senseless murder, please tweet this: Mollie Ziegler Hemingway wants to pin a murder on Prop 8 backlash. Don’t let her. http://bit.ly/byhv0b #MZHemingway #GetReligion #Mormon And leave a comment at Mollie’s post. Thanks. P.S. The below ad currently displays next to Mollie’s Christianity Today article from ...

I don’t care if you’re Mormon, Scilon or Marian … You skateboarders are *all* the same.

08.29.2010 · Chino Blanco · Posted in Interfaith, Skateboarding

h/t exmormon.reddit.com and lds.org. Hi, I’m Aron and I’m *not* a Crip. And I’m Josh, but as I explain in my clip (watch and wait for it), I’m definitely *not* a Scientologist. Whatever, Josh and Aron. Check this out. I’m the coolest Franciscan on the planet. Or at least, I’m not *this* fellow priest (NSFW). ...

Afterlife? I’d rather not.

08.28.2010 · Chandelle · Posted in Atheism, Death

I was very sick when I converted to Mormonism. I like to joke that I wasn’t getting enough oxygen to the brain, but the more mundane truth is that I was confronted with the reality of my mortality, and like many people, I panicked. I couldn’t really die, right? I’m too solid, too complex to ...

Send the gay agenda to the back of the class with these great Christian back-to-school tips!

08.27.2010 · Chino Blanco · Posted in Aaron Shafovaloff, Christians, Gay Agenda, Hypocrisy

I know, we’re supposed to be talking about Mormonism here at Main Street Plaza. Thing is, I happened to notice this tweet from a young Christian street preacher who’s been complaining that he might have to move his Free Speech to a different spot in Manti at the next Mormon Miracle Pageant: “No gay jokes ...

Favorite hymns?

08.26.2010 · Leah · Posted in Uncategorized

I’ve been humming “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief” the last few days. Singing was always one of my favorite parts of church, and one of the things I really missed when I left, though I’ve found other groups to sing with now. I still love many of the hymns though, feel a catch in ...

Another Main Street Plaza? ACLU weighs in on proposed sale of Manti street to LDS Church

08.25.2010 · Chino Blanco · Posted in ACLU, Evangelicals, Main Street Plaza, Manti

Update: Latest reporting from The Salt Lake Tribune: Manti wants to sell street block to LDS Church Lokai: LDS Church to Censor Christians by Buying Manti Road? Bele: Anti-Mormons whine to the ACLU about sale of Manti city street to LDS. Headlines, excerpts and random linkage: ABC4: Manti could sell block of street to LDS ...

Deseret News introduces Editorial Advisory Board

08.24.2010 · Chino Blanco · Posted in Deseret News, NOM

Update: Jeremy over at Good As You has now filed his report on this news: Out and proud NOMmers eat away your rights, save room for ‘Deseret’ Rather than reading my random thoughts below, I’d suggest clicking over and reading Jeremy’s post. For an LDS perspective, I’d suggest checking out this insider’s view of the ...

Reader Question: If you don’t want anything to do with the LDS faith, then why allocate so much of your time talking about it…??

08.23.2010 · chanson · Posted in Mormon Alumni Association, civil discourse

We’ve just gotten yet another comment asking the above question. I feel like we’ve answered this on MSP about a million times — it’s probably our biggest “FAQ” — but I don’t think we have one go-to post where people give their various answers and explanations. Mine’s a little like Jonathan’s: it’s basically a fun ...

Laziness and Desire to Sin

08.23.2010 · Andrew S · Posted in DAMU, ex-Mormon, post-Mormon

One of the big stereotypes about people who leave the church is that anyone who would do such a terrible thing must have done so because they were too lazy to follow God’s commandments or because they just wanted to sin. We’ve probably been accused (either explicitly or implicitly) of these (or a variation thereof) ...

Sunday in Outer Blogness: Funny Stories Edition!

08.22.2010 · chanson · Posted in Sunday in Outer Blogness

As usual, we’ve had some fascinating political commentary this week in Outer Blogness, but — for fun — let’s start with the funny stories this week! Eliza Snitch recounts the three part tale of bringing home R-Rated movies to her BYU apartment. In other Zoobie stories, j-dog is not impressed by his fellow Zoobies’ attempts ...

new theme and features

08.21.2010 · profxm · Posted in Maintenance

Hi Everyone, In order to implement a new feature request we had to upgrade MSP to a new theme.  It’s not all that different from the old one; we know how everyone on here hates change!  ;) Anyway, the new feature request is related to the comments.  You should now see below the “comments” box ...

Popular Book of Mormon Criticism Debunked

08.20.2010 · Jonathan · Posted in Book of Mormon

[tl;dr—Book of Mormon critics can be guilty of confirmation bias, too.] This must be my week for Book of Mormon analysis, a last hurrah of ex-Mormon geekery before the Fall semester starts next week. Vernal Holley in his book Book of Mormon Authorship compiled a list of Book of Mormon place names that resemble place ...

Is your marriage in trouble? Adopt a highway!

08.19.2010 · Leah · Posted in Uncategorized

According to a Mormon Times report of BYU Education Week, that first bit of litter that misses the trash can is the beginning of the slippery slope to divorce court. That’s right. Littering, among a litany of other behaviors, is a form of selfishness, and selfishness destroys marriage. The list included not wanting to have children, ...

How Useful Is the Book of Mormon (to LDS leaders)?

08.19.2010 · Jonathan · Posted in Book of Mormon

I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book. (Joseph Smith, Documentary History of the Church 4:461) Following the conversation about the ...

Hi, I’m Marishia

08.19.2010 · Chino Blanco · Posted in Homosexuality, mormon.org

In this post, we’re chatting with the author of a mormon.org profile that caught our attention. Chino, I’m sad for people like you because you deny the fullness of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. You choose to put down others like myself who have finally found peace and acceptance with their homosexuality. Rather than ...

Mormonism f@#*ed up my sex life!

08.18.2010 · Leah · Posted in Sex and Gender, Uncategorized

Urban Koda’s thoughts on “Riding” made me reflect on a lot of my hang-ups that can be traced directly back to teachings of the Church. Imagine a 13-year-old girl who believes she will be eternally cut off from the presence of God unless she repents by confessing to her middle-aged male bishop that she masturbates. And ...

Prop 8 supporters argue for stay

08.13.2010 · Alan · Posted in Law, Proposition 8

So, just to keep people apprised, I wanted to lay out the arguments of the supporters of Prop 8 in their motion for a stay, plus provide some of my own commentary. They say Walker ignored the following “facts”: ...

Yes, I left because I was offended.

08.13.2010 · Leah · Posted in Uncategorized

A few months after my husband and I moved from Arizona to North Dakota, but before we had officially resigned our membership, the Mormons tracked us down, as they are famous for doing. (FSM help any Mormons who need to enter the witness protection program.) I wasn’t home when they came calling, but my husband ...

Mormonism: The HAL 9000 of revealed religion

08.12.2010 · Chino Blanco · Posted in Appearances, Changes

HAL: “Let me put it this way, Mr. Amor. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.” Of course, as HAL learns, the problem with making such ...

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