I often reflect upon how mormonism gained a footing and grew into the multi-billion dollar real estate holding company it is today. Mormons would point to the church's resiliency and…
The mistranslation of the "Book of Abraham" is the closest thing to a smoking gun I found while analyzing issues with the mormon church. The book, and its surrounding origin…
Discovering the truth about Native Americans definitively not being related to the ancient Jews was like yanking out one of the bottom cards in a giant house of cards. It…
Thousands and thousands of Native Americans have had their DNA tested and not a single solitary one has come up with pre-Columbian Jewish markers. Not one. In fact, the DNA…
My belief in Joseph Smith as divinely inspired had taken a huge and irreparable hit. So much of the church is based on -- and frankly focused on -- Joseph…
I was certainly bothered by finding out about Joseph Smith’s highly questionable behavior. I was satisfied by my own research into the primary sources that what I had found out…
Frequently, there are two sides when there is controversy over beliefs: The Critics, who have the complaint or objection over the belief system, and The Apologists who defend the beliefs…
What I read in the article about polygamy was shocking. I had been taught for four decades that polygamy was something that began with Brigham Young, and was only implemented…
I clicked link within link within link to dozens of sites about the temple ceremony. I was hungry for information about what had been removed and what was hidden. At…
I thought to myself that most members of the church would frown on me looking up the secret temple ceremony online. “It is sacred!” they would say. And at that…
In 2009, I went to a movie with a friend and we were discussing an episode of HBO’s “Big Love” where portions of the super-secret Mormon temple endowment ceremony were…
