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An Outsider’s Look at the United Effort Plan

Bored in Vernal July 29, 2009Discrimination, FLDS, news, politics, Utah 97 Comments

If you were in downtown Salt Lake City today, you may have noticed a large rally of over a thousand peacefully protesting polygamists. What is …

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Why Faith Needs Reason

Andrew April 29, 2009curiosity, doubt, faith, FLDS, LDS, Leaders, Logic, mormon, Mormon, Mormons, obedience, polygamy, prayer, prophets, questioning, religion, testimony, theology, thought 31 Comments

The tragedy of 9/11 had a big impact on my views about the relationship between faith and reason. As I watched the video footage of …

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“Mormon Fundamentalists” on Law & Order

guest November 20, 2008diversity, history, inter-faith, joseph, LDS, liberal, media, media manipulation, mormon, Mormon, Mormons, polygamy, prophets 30 Comments

Did anyone watch Law & Order last night on NBC? If you didn’t, you missed an interesting parody based on the events that transpired in Texas with …

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MormonNews: The End Of Temple Work As We Know It?

John Nilsson May 22, 2008FLDS, inter-faith, plan of salvation, temple 67 Comments

According to the Utah Catholic bishop, John Wester, the Vatican has issued a directive to not release parish records to LDS researchers (who then use …

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The End of Polygamy (Again)?

Hawkgrrrl April 17, 2008BYU, church, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, evangelicals, Government, inter-faith, LDS, marriage, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, news, politics, polygamy, religion, RLDS, Utah, women 132 Comments

The raid in Texas is interesting (and differs from AZ and UT prosecutorial efforts) in that polygamy is being attacked directly.  So, will this shift in approach …

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