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To peek behind the curtain: weighing the decision to investigate LDS truth-claims
Why notinvestigate? From the perspective of a believing member, there are many valid reasons to avoidcritically1investigating the truth-claims of the Church.2 Lack the time, energy, interest, or capability To investigate requires time…
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Five Key Facts
This is a very short summary of what I view as the 5 most important facts in understanding alternative models for LDS truth claims. To the best of my knowledge, every point…
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The 1832 First Vision account was suppressed between 11 and ~30 years.
The evidence LaMar Petersen, an amateur Mormon historian, met with Levi Young (senior President of the First Council of the Seventy) on February 3, 1953, and took these notes: His curiosity was excited…
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The three-fold nature of the LDS Church: corporate, totalistic, and individual-growth
Teachings and actions of the Church, its leaders, and its members may be categorized into three prominent mindsets: corporate, totalistic, and individual-growth(aka “growth-mindset”): There is certainly overlap and interplay between these mindsets,…
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I Desire to Understand
Years ago when my son left the church, I chose to dig deep and find the answers to the difficult questions about church history and its doctrine. I went into this venture…
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Riding the Wake of 60 Years of the Good Ship Zion
It’s Christmastime 2015. I’m 61 years old, a loving husband, father of four, grandfather of nine and — eight months into the Post-Mormon portion of my life. The past two years of transition…
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An Evening with Zhenya
For the LDS Ventura California stake Relief Society on 17 March 1992In commemoration of the 150thanniversary of the Relief SocietyWritten and performed by Eugene Kovalenko - Listen to the recording of the event using the…
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Meeting with Maxwell, the Special Witness
In 1993 I personally asked Neal Maxwell a question: “As an apostle of the lord Jesus Christ, have you seen the savior?” He was embarrassed and could not answer that question, he…
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Four Alternatives to Church Policy in Handbook 1, Section 16.13 with “Clarifications”
Over the last two weeks, the LDS church has had their new policy on LGBT and LGBT children leaked, provided an explanation by Christofferson, then finally “clarified” through a statement from the…
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Bogus Justifications Behind Church’s New Policies
The LDS Church released changes to its Handbook on November 5, 2015 in relation to same-sex couples and children raised by same-sex couples. Specifically, the Church now prohibits children of same-sex couples from…
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Series: Leaving the Church - Eric NelsonLeaving the Church, Part 12 — Miscellaneous Concerns
There are many aspects of Mormon theology that can be scientifically disproven. Moreover, some LDS teachings lack plausibility while others are simply bizarre. The following are several examples. 1. Death Prior to…
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Series: Leaving the Church - Eric NelsonLeaving the Church, Part 11 — Temples & Freemasonry
This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Leaving the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Introduction:Out of respect to believing members, I will not lay out all of my concerns with…