Is the Mormon Church Racist or Sexist?
Someone asked me: “[O]f the [12] disciples who are now Jesus’ disciples how many are not white? …and how many women?” These are legitimate questions, though passive-aggresively phrased. The questioner’s real message is: Since there are no women apostles and no minority apostles, isn’t the LDS Church racist or sexist or both? The answer to […]
Brandon Flowers – Father, Husband, Mormon
Lead singer of The Killers. From the Mormon channel on YouTube.
Born that way?
Is such abject stupidity a personal decision? Or is it genetic?
The Jimmer
It’s Jimmer’s world. We just live in it.
One NYT reporter writes, commenting on a poll by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: Americans are by all measures a deeply religious people, but they are also deeply ignorant about religion. Researchers from the independent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life phoned more than 3,400 Americans and asked them 32 questions […]
A man describes his journey from the tragedy and trauma of 9/11 to hope, healing, and renewal through Jesus Christ
Book of Mormon Pepsi Commercial Spoof
I never saw the original Pepsi commercial, but I enjoyed this.
Unbelievably Inspiring
Wow.
The New York Times On Ex-Missionary Salesmen
Interesting article. Old news for anyone who has enjoyed “free pizza and a pitch” at BYU, but interesting nonetheless. Question for guys/girls who went through the MTC recently: do they teach “mimic and mirror” there now? The salesmen are mostly former Mormon missionaries from Utah who cut their teeth — and learned their people-skill chops […]
[This is another unpublished post from last fall. Please enjoy, even though it is not timely anymore.] The LDS Church mobilized in favor of California’s Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that bans gay marriage. Mormons donated $19 million to the cause — nearly four out of five dollars raised. [The initiative passed.] ….. We are […]