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“It’s not me that has a problem, it’s the church that has a problem with who I am.”

A candle-lighting ceremony took place Friday night across from the Mesa Arizona Mormon Temple. I’ll add more as the follow-up reports come in, but for now, it’s gratifying to see this pre-event coverage from the local FOX affiliate in Arizona: I was born in Mesa and spent my first nine years in Gilbert. Fond memories ...

Happy Birthday, Deutschland!

10.03.2010 · Posted in Birthdays, Changes, Europe, Germany, Mission, Nostalgia

On a sunny winter day of 1985 or 86, I was waiting in the entrance of the Nuremberg train station when an elderly gentlemen with an Austrian accent addressed me: “When I see how beautifully Nuremberg has been rebuild, I feel encouraged that one day our Germany will be united again too.” That was an ...

Does Advertising Campaign Enhance or Dilute Mormon Brand?

Guest post by Rex Whisman. Republished with permission. [Note from Chino Blanco: Cross-posted here because I've just finished listening to Kyle Monson's "Publicity, Advertising, & the New Mormon.org" at BCC, and reading Kaimi Wenger's "The Angel and the Internet" at Times & Seasons, and I think Rex's questions might provide useful jumping off points for ...

Mormonism: The HAL 9000 of revealed religion

08.12.2010 · 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 ...

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 ...