by Dan Wees | Jun 5, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Across the period 3100 BCE–400 CE, the Book of Mormon references a set of animals, crops, materials, and technologies that lack support in the archaeological record of the pre-Columbian Americas. Commonly cited examples include: Old World domesticates (animals): ass...
by Dan Wees | Jun 5, 2018 | Miscellaneous
By pinning apostasy on “sin,” LDS leaders caricature doubters and convert a complicated, often painful process into a blame narrative. It’s tidy for the institution but cruel to the individual: it erases substantive reasons for leaving and trivializes the costs—loss...
by Dan Wees | Jun 5, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The LDS Church relies heavily on the cultivation of guilt and shame as tools of compliance. Members are constantly reminded of their obligation to “perfect” themselves, and the expectation of flawless living is woven so deeply into the culture that even minor...
by Dan Wees | Jun 5, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Mormon culture has fostered some unhealthy sexual attitudes… ...
by Dan Wees | Jun 5, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph Smith’s Seer Stone Revealed” by Dan Vogel…...
by Dan Wees | Jun 5, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Caring for the needy… “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” Matthew 6:26...
