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    Sunday in Outer Blogness: Protest Edition

    01.22.2012 · Posted in Sunday in Outer Blogness

    Chanson asked me to do the round up of posts this week. For the record, I think this process is more difficult than it looks (please bear with me stumbling through it). And I’ll give out a shout out to the work she does each week – an important part of the community, tying threads ...

    Would I have stayed as a liberal mormon?

    05.17.2011 · Posted in Community, DAMU, post-Mormon

    The answer is yes. If I could have been a liberal, non traditional mormon, I might have continued to be mormon. There is no space for openly liberal mormon in the Utah LDS church. There certainly wasn’t when I left. I did not see then (over fifteen years ago) anyway to be a liberal, feminist ...

    The Virgin Birth

    11.03.2010 · Posted in Authority, Bible, Christianity, Mormon Doctrine

    My parents had a copy of Mormon Doctrine when I was growing up. I don’t remember reading it, although I may have cracked it open to write a talk or two. Despite my years of early morning seminary, I don’t remember hearing about whether or not Mary was technically a virgin. Views: 1264 ...

    In Vacuums

    07.28.2010 · Posted in Arts, Book Review, Values, Women

    We had a long discussion recently about an author’s personal background here. The discussion centered around whether or not an author’s personal background was fair game. Particularly if an author’s background appears to relate to their work (or illuminate parts of their work). Views: 889 ...

    Studying the Original

    07.06.2010 · Posted in Arts, Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith, Science, Testimony

    I recently saw the documentary “Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock” about Teri Horton, a woman who may have purchased a Jackson Pollock painting at a thrift store for $5. It was a fascinating documentary, with a clear perspective. The crux of the film is that Teri cannot prove that the painting is in fact, ...

    Drinking Coke

    We’ve discussed before how difficult it is to determine official mormon doctrine.  Policies and guidelines seem to change with the generations, with geographical area or with personal revelation. I’ve heard from two different sources that someone very high up in mormon priesthood and corporate leadership drinks coke on a regular basis.  So since I’m not ...

    Taking the Bible Literally

    04.20.2010 · Posted in Bible, Christianity, Judaism

    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 ...

    BYU in the 1970s

    03.23.2010 · Posted in BYU, Education, Family, Patriarchy, Women

    In “The Feminine Mystique”, Betty Friedan wrote about the “problem with no name”. Women (mostly middle class white women) had left the workforce after WWII to work full time at home. And yet some women found themselves unfulfilled and often depressed. Some had lost their identity by devoting their lives to their husbands and children. ...

    Just how religious is Utah?

    01.06.2010 · Posted in Mission Field, NOM, Utah

    I recently came across this study released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in December. The analysis is based off of a 2007 religious landscape survey. On the link there is an interactive graph of the various states and their responses to the questions. Utah comes in at 12th in the rank ...

    The Nature of Ritual

    12.11.2009 · Posted in Arts, Judaism, Priesthood, Traditions, Women

    I heard this story this morning- about an exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York: An exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York looks at some of the many ways people are re-imagining Jewish ritual. From “green energy” synagogues to a prayer shawl that doubles as an apron, many of the works are ...

    A Healthy Dose of Skepticism

    11.12.2009 · Posted in civil discourse, Community, Mission, Traditions

    Recently, I got a chance to experience the missionary/salesperson perspective first hand. I was asking various people to sign a petition. For privacy reasons, I’m not going to say what the petition was for, except that it may or may not be related to my work. You might question how this relates to Mormonism. Well, ...