Author: E. Dean Conklin

  • Swords and Spears

    Swords and Spears

    Swords and Spears For over a decade I’ve been hung up on the dearth of phys­i­cal evi­dence, par­tic­u­lar­ly Iron Age arti­facts, sup­port­ing the Book of Mor­mon. Recent­ly I had a mini-enlight­en­ment in this regard: swords and spears do not grow on trees; they do nor fall as man­na from Heav­en. They are…

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  • Issues and Questions Regarding LDS Doctrine and History

    Issues and Questions Regarding LDS Doctrine and History

    Four­teen years down the road, the ques­tions and issues raised in this let­ter remain sub­stan­tial­ly unan­swered, to my knowl­edge unad­dressed, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat­ter Day Saints. August 30, 2003 153 Canemah Way Ore­gon City, OR 97045 Pres­i­dent Gor­don B. Hinckley The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat­ter Day…

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  • Too Big to Fail

    Too Big to Fail

    I con­sid­ered titling this “Too Big to Fail?” But no, with bil­lions in assets, mil­lions of Saints tithing ten per­cent, and cat­a­stroph­ic cul­tur­al impli­ca­tions, like Chase Man­hat­tan and Gold­man Sacks, The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat­ter Day Saints is too big to fail. While fis­cal fail­ure of the Mor­mon church por­tends…

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