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—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W17 —————————————————– Religious refugees in mainstream America … (r/movies) Views: 1205 ...

We’ve posted quite a lot about 8: The Mormon Proposition here; all positive. However — whether or not the film deserves accolades exclusively — I’d prefer to avoid the danger of falling into the group-think echo-chamber. To that end, I’d like to point you to a civil and detailed mixed review by faithful Mormon TT. ...

How morally bankrupt does a religion have to be to fight legislation that removes statutes of limitations on childhood sexual abuse crimes?  Well, the Catholic Church is that bankrupt as it fought Florida legislators who were trying to remove the statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse.  Some choice quotes from Mike McCarron, a lobbyist ...

This week there have been some great opportunities for all of us — reading at home — to join in the fun!!! The funnest is, of course, boobquake! Mark your calendars for tomorrow because a Muslim cleric has blamed earthquakes on promiscuity and scantily-clad women — so Jen @ blag hag has proposed testing this ...

—————————————————– Midweek Mormon Reddit Gazette 2010-W16 —————————————————– LGBT POV: Mormons to Honor National Organization for Marriage’s Orson Scott Card in DC Saturday (r/lgbt) Good As You: When you care enough to overthrow the very best: BYU group picks staggeringly anti-equality Card (r/religion) For anyone in the DC area: There’s the possibility emerging of a direct ...

Some years ago, a co-worker expressed her frustration to me. I don’t know how we got on the topic, but she said she just wanted someone to tell her exactly what was in the bible and what it meant. I didn’t make a comment about this, as I wasn’t actively religious. I just remember thinking ...

Now people have had a week or so to contemplate the most recent LDS General Conference, and it’s getting some interesting reviews! According to the Swearing Elders, the take-home message includes things like “don’t wear flip flops.” (They went on to explore this deep message with a funny flip-flop photo set. ) Then Jon treated ...

Is Fred Karger!   Okay, that’s a little hyperbolic (I don’t consider LDS Inc. an “enemy”), but I’m certainly not a fan of the LDS Church’s efforts to disenfranchise a minority population in the U.S.  Fred Karger, a covert Republican operative for years and now a Schwarzennager Republican, is leading the charge against LDS Inc. and ...

In case anyone missed it, Chino found a scary video — designed to scare Mormons and others with the problems in the world today — and claiming that there’s only one solution: Jesus Christ. (In the LDS font.) What that solution translates into in practical terms is hard to say, but I’d guess it boils ...

Stetson Hallam, a 20-year old sophomore at BYU, was rebuffed by one of the girls for whom he was a home teacher.  His response: Catch her in their apartment complex, use a stun gun to immobilize her, then attempt to handcuff her (unclear what he was planning after that).  But the home teachee fought her ...

April 7, 2009: “Gathering Storm” (if you’ve seen it, pls skip to the second vid) April 5, 2010: “One Way Out: An Invitation to America” Released almost exactly one year apart and produced by the same Arizona Mormon crew LDS YouTuber (and prophet of doom) David Kat. What gives, Mitt? Are you and SLC the ...

The Our Visions, Our Voices: A Mormon Women’s Literary Tour is over now. It has been discussed quite extensively throughout the bloggernacle, but I find myself still thinking about the experience. I thought I’d share those thoughts with you. I was just back from the OVOV tour when my husband and I were watching a ...

We’ve had quite a collection of both hearty thought-provoking articles and light funnies in Outer Blogness this week!! I’ll just mix them up and let you guess which is which! First — in honor of Easter — a bunch of news from the Catholic Church. The evidence of institutionally-endemic child abuse is getting to the ...

LDS Inc. is at it again – fighting porn.  Apparently they have set up a new website for porn addiction: http://combatingpornography.org/cp/eng/ So, the only reference I can find that actually says anything about pornography being unhealthy on the page for individuals is to the work of Victor Cline, who appears to be a crusader against ...