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No theocracy going on here … Deseret News promptly weighs in with a response on Thomas S. Monson’s behalf. Views: 836 ...

This past fortnight Outer Blogness has been chock-full of personal narratives, especially about how each person’s relationship with the church has evolved! (OK, there were also some posts about the environmental catastrophe that is still ongoing — but for today, let’s stick with more cheerful topics.) Naturally, people who stopped believing can’t help but contemplate ...

From the NOM chairman’s 2007 debut gig: No doubt, it’s sure to get a chuckle from Mormons and Catholics … God’s on the line. Who’s He calling? Rome? Salt Lake City? Hilarity ensues. Best.Joke.Ever. Just ask Matt Holland. But I exaggerate. Because it wasn’t until 2009 that Robby began deadpanning the funniest punchline of all ...

The court determines that Sam Echols is not a proper person to raise a child, owing to his opinions. My great-great-grandfather determines that his zeal for the (Mormon) faith will be his best revenge. ...

Recently I saw a (small maroon) book with a title like “What to say when: answers for latter day saints”. I’ve searched popular search engines, online book retailers, LDS church publisher websites to no avail. So I can’t post a link. But I thought it was an interesting idea/concept. It had gems of wisdom including ...

Now that 8: The Mormon Proposition has hit the theaters, the reviews and responses are hitting the Internet! Some found it too heavy-handed, and urge you to think twice about taking your kids. However, the gril from “ask a Mormon girl” found it quite accurate. And another friend on Religion Dispatches wrote an interesting discussion ...

I love to joke around. I’ve got the perfect joke for just this occasion. It’s an oldie, so stop Me if you’ve heard it: Way back when Jesus and I were creating the world, I turned to Him and said “Hey Jesus, let’s create a really gorgeous mountainous region, with lakes and rivers full of ...

x-posted at Daily Kos Bill Marriott & Mormon Elders Cook, Ballard and Wickman recently threw a party for NOM’s Robert P. George. Be sure to hit this link and check out the VIPs at the Annual Canterbury Medal Dinner. I’m sure plenty of folks here will recognize the various faces from NOM, the LDS church, ...

Frederick Mark Gedicks Brigham Young University – J. Reuben Clark Law School William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, Vol. 18, pp. 901-914, 2010 God of Our Fathers, Gods for Ourselves: Fundamentalism and Postmodern Belief: ” … there is also an ethical reason for wariness. One should pause at imposing absolute truth on those to ...

Remember how the BYU art museum banned Rodin’s “The Kiss” and other nudes? Well, naturally, the exmo ladies of Europe had no choice but to go to Paris to see them! (Plus, of course, Paris is a lot closer… ) Views: 1192 ...

http://newsroom.lds.org/blog/2010/06/apostle-talks-religious-freedom-to-boston-youth.html Note to Andrew S. et alia explaining this post: It looked as if the Newsroom Blog link to Nelson’s comments re atheists had gone dead and so I posted a screen grab of the post here. Since the link is live again, I’ve taken that down and left the link in its place. As ...

Fred Karger, Dustin Lance Black, and Linda Stay discuss the film 8: The Mormon Proposition and Mormon involvement in the Prop 8 campaign generally. If you’ve got 16 minutes to spare, you’re welcome to listen in. P.S. Pls don’t razz me about the graphics. It’s a radio interview. I just pulled whatever images happened to ...

I’m not exactly sure what is going on, but apparently the LDS Church is increasingly worried about this whole atheism thing.  Russell M. Nelson just gave a talk to young adults in Massachusetts in which he railed against atheism.  This combines with a talk from the October 2009 conference (I didn’t listen to it, but ...

The final chapter of ExMormon will be posted here in less than a week! Here‘s the tale of where this tale came from! Views: 582 ...

Ralph Hancock started his three-part series at Times & Seasons by sounding the gay threat alarm, but couldn’t be bothered to actually discuss the nature of the threat, apparently in a rush to get to his third post, in which it’s explained that the real danger lies in something called secular liberal fundamentalism. The series ...