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Church Explains Why Gospel Topic Essays aren’t Publicized

Posted in Essays, tagged , , , , on 07/20/2016| Leave a Comment »

Psalm 101:7; “He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.”

steven-e-snow-largeToday we’re looking at a post on the Mormon Stories podcast website hosted by John Dehlin. As many of you probably know, Mr. Dehlin was ex-communicated in early 2015 for speaking out against the Church. His podcasts are designed to discuss the more controversial topics in Mormonism, and the Church felt that he had crossed their line of what is, and isn’t acceptable.

You can listen to the podcast via the links on their site, for now we’re looking at the quote they posted from an interview of LDS Church Historian Steven Snow.

Let’s take a look at what he said!

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Fanny Alger: Joseph Smith’s First Polygamous Wife

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, Polygamy, tagged , , , , , on 07/15/2015| 2 Comments »

Mormon Decisions 10A few days ago I came upon an interesting journal written by Levi Hancock’s son, Mosiah, which got me thinking about one of the essays published by the Church last year (Oct. 2014).

In this essay the Church came out with their own version of history on polygamy in Kirtland and Nauvoo that we found to be full of lies and half truths. Shocker, I know!Levi_Hancock

In my underwhelmed reaction to their essays in general, I’m wondering just what they were thinking by publishing something like this. Look, we all do things in life in order to get something out of it. For me personally, I have this ministry to see people come to the Lord, and we all do simple stuff like work to earn money, do laundry to have clean clothes, cook to have dinner, etc.

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The Manifesto and the End of Plural Marriage

Posted in Essays, tagged , , , , , , on 12/01/2014| Leave a Comment »

LDSIn early November 2014 the LDS Church released another essay and this time around the subject matter focuses on the Church’s 1890 Manifesto.

I guess the season to be thankful for God’s blessings includes being thankful for the numerous ways someone can spin a story and garner sympathy from the unsuspecting.

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LDS Essay Plural Marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo

Posted in Essays, tagged , , , , on 10/26/2014| Leave a Comment »

LDSFasten your seatbelts folks, here we go.

The Church released another essay on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 just in time for Halloween. This dark and spooky story is about the Church fessin’ up to at least 33 of Smith’s extracurricular activities in life which Smith referred to as ‘The Principle’, better known as Plural Marriage or Eternal Marriage.

Whatever the Church chooses to call it, God has His own ideas about it. It’s called adultery and it’s wrong.

Once again, the Church is long on excuses and short on shame. You can access the essay in their Gospel Topics section here.

In the meantime I have my own thoughts.  I’m certain you’re not surprised!  Let’s take a look at some of what they had to say shall we?

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LDS Essay Book of Mormon and DNA Studies

Posted in Essays, tagged , , , , on 08/15/2014| Leave a Comment »

LDSIn January 2014 the Church published an essay for their Gospel Topics section they dubbed Book of Mormon and DNA Studies.   (more…)

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LDS Essay Plural Marriage and Families

Posted in Essays, tagged , , , , on 08/14/2014| Leave a Comment »

LDSIn December 2013 the Church published an essay defending their history of polygamy and why they practiced it at all.

In response to their outlandish claims we’ve been addressing their rewrite of history, but this time around we’re doing things a bit differently.  Woo-hoo!  I’m pulling out some of their major lies and will address them here, so here we go.

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