Shall we stop picking on the CoJCoL-dS’s new publicity campaign? I would but it’s too funny!! The latest is that the Mormon Times is calling working women the “warts” of Mormonism (hat tip). Go read the article for yourself (in case I’m misreading it; Andrew S. gives them the benefit of the doubt), but in ...
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). ...
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 ...
Hi Everyone. DJ Williams, a somewhat infrequent commenter on MSP, recently published a book that, while not primarily about Mormonism, addresses it as it relates to BDSM. I recently read and reviewed the book and DJ has agreed to respond to comments on MSP. Here’s the review: Even though the book doesn’t actually do this ...
Click here. These were great questions that were tough to answer. *wipes brow* Views: 812 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Chad apparently heard about the contest we’re planning here at MSP. Meanwhile, Holly Welker weighs in at The Huffington Post with her take on the Mormon PR campaign. Views: 1432 ...
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 ...
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) ...
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 ...
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 ...
[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 ...