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Josh and Susan Powell, and an LDS Ultimatum — “Get Active, or I’m Leaving With the Kids”

John Dehlin December 24, 2009LDS, marriage, Mormon, violence 81 Comments

(This post has been updated) Just saw this blurb in the Deseret News this morning: When Josh and Susan Powell were first married, both were …

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Prosperity vs. Religion

Hawkgrrrl August 24, 2009Mormon 18 Comments

There was a great article in Newsweek called (Un)wired For God.  It was a follow up on a prior article that had talked about the …

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This Won’t Make It Past Correlation!

John Nilsson October 15, 2008church, curiosity, doubt, faith, LDS, Mormon, questioning, religion, spirituality, testimony 36 Comments

Another week, another great uncorrelated quote from an LDS Church manual that would never see the light of day in today’s church: Every discussion of …

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How Active Are You? How Orthodox Are You? A Self-Assessment

John Nilsson September 4, 2008book of mormon, christ, christianity, church, curiosity, doubt, eternity, faith, General Authorities, God, historicity, Jesus, joseph, LDS, liberal, Mormon, Mormons, new order mormon, obedience, orthodox, Priesthood, prophets, religion, repentance, restoration, sacrament meeting, salvation, scripture, Sermon on the Mount, smith, temple, testimony, theology, Word of Wisdom 67 Comments

Take this assessment and find out: (Taken from D. Jeff Burton’s For Those Who Wonder : forthosewhowonder.com. Similar to a Correlation Department survey on Religion …

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Analogies of Belief: Expecting the Polar Express

John Nilsson July 16, 2008christ, doubt, faith, God, Jesus, Mormon, religion, testimony, thought 25 Comments

What does it mean to say you believe something or “believe in” something? Would a child say they believe in Santa Claus? Or would they …

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