by Dan Wees | Jun 3, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The deliberate whitewashing of LDS teaching materials and instructional tools—most notably in the Saints series, where controversial or uncomfortable historical events are softened, omitted, or reframed—is now standard operating procedure. This selective retelling of...
by Dan Wees | Jun 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Modern LDS apologists now downplay an older, pre–21st-century belief that when Lehi’s company arrived in the Western Hemisphere around 600 BCE, the land was completely uninhabited. This once-common assumption is now quietly abandoned in the face of overwhelming...
by Dan Wees | Jun 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Within the LDS Church, there is a deliberate and often unhealthy cultivation of tightly woven social networks and mutual dependency among members. While such interconnectedness is not exclusive to Mormonism, the intensity and pervasiveness of these bonds often surpass...
by Dan Wees | Jun 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Dire and threatening prophecies—targeting both this life and the afterlife—are routinely employed as tools of control within Mormonism. By instilling fear of divine punishment or eternal loss, these warnings serve to discourage members from questioning official claims...
by Dan Wees | Jun 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The LDS Church engages in an intense, overt, and lifelong program of youth indoctrination, one that finds its apex in the full-time missionary service expected of young men and women. From the earliest stages of childhood, religious instruction is relentless and...
by Dan Wees | Jun 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Within LDS teaching lies a problematic premise: that subjective emotional experiences—often described in church language as “the Light of Christ,” “the Spirit of the Holy Ghost,” or “a burning in the bosom”—are not merely personal impressions but the ultimate arbiters...
