Tag Archive for ‘ex-Mormon’ at Mormon Matters

Tag Archive for 'ex-Mormon'

In the Shadow of the Temple by Guest

Published

on December 22, 2009

in Bloggernacle, Culture, Discrimination, Folklore, General Authorities, Happiness, LDS, Leaders, Logic, Mormon, apologetics, apostasy, apostles, baptism, book of mormon, burdens, christianity, church, cinema, curiosity, depression, doctrine, doubt, education, faith, families, historicity, liberal, marriage, media, mormon, obedience, ordinances, polygamy, questioning, resignation, righteousness, spiritual progression, temple and tesimony

Temple poster

A close friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous recently saw in the shadow of the temple his story follows

In October, I was fortunate to attend the Portland, Oregon, screening of the movie, In the Shadow of the Temple. http://www.intheshadowofthetemple.com The screening was hosted by the producers, Karen Di Millia and Dennis Lavery. Prior to the screening Dennis and Karen spoke for 10 minutes and explained how they started this project. After the screening they took questions and answers for roughly 30 minutes.

Lavery and DeMillia, who are not–and never have been–LDS, originally planned to make a movie about people who had left the religion of their youth. They attended a meeting of the Portland Humanist Society, explained their project, and asked if anyone had such stories they would be willing to share. In the course of discussing the project with members of the society, they were told that who they really needed to talk to was Sue Emmett, who had left the LDS church. After talking with Sue and others with whom she put them in touch, they decided to re-focus their project on the experience of those who have left the LDS church. Continue reading…

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Every exmember a missionary

Published

Andrew S

on February 27, 2009

in Anti-Mormon, Mormon, Mormons, apostasy, missionary, new order mormon, race and religion

And now, dear friends at Mormon Matters, is your regular report from the Dark Side of the Moon.

I was reading a comment in another article here, and what Doug had said intrigued me:

This board started out as a place for middle-way thinking people to discuss problematic issues with doctrine and history. It would now appear that anyone with an opinion different then the “current LDS view” is attacked as I and many others have been. On several other discussion boards, mormon matters is considered a pro LDS blog. Gentlemen, just say the word and I’ll find another place to try and help those who don’t see the church the way you do understand that they’re not alone. I guess it’s true; there is in reality no room for a NOM in the church.

I don’t know if I have ever thought of MM as anything other than a pro-LDS blog. But I *have* always recognized that this site is of a different caliber, of course, than M* or T&S and others. So I guess, I’ll try to shake things up and offer a different perspective and hope that I don’t get chased out on a rail. Continue reading…

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Drop it! Who’s Worthy to Take the Sacrament?

Published

Hawkgrrrl

on April 12, 2008

in LDS, Mormon, Mormons, book of mormon, church, mormon, religion, sacrament and scripture

Is it ever appropriate to intervene when someone “unworthy” is going to take the sacrament? What level of “unworthiness” makes such intervention justified?

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