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…
It has been almost 10 years since our little family left the mormon church. What I find interesting as I look back is how my reasons for leaving at the…
This year was turbulent and trying, tumultuous and terrifying, transitional and transformative. Here are my top 6 takeaways from 2017: 1. Complacency Is Dangerous If the ridiculous and criminal acts…
It has been 7 years since my escape from the mormon cult. I usually mark the occasion with copious amounts of hooch, and a snarky tweet. But this year I…
You spew naked hate, wrapped in the indignant flag of your false moral high ground. Your "church" is a sloppy stack of open lies, compounded by damaging invasive domination and…
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…
There is a time to come together, to be all "Hands Across America", to celebrate the tossed salad of American political ideals. There is a time to set aside differences…
I recently had a conversation with a friend about my atheism. In the spirit of helping her understand where I am coming from, I had asked if she believed in…
As a semi-militant atheist ex-mormon, I sometimes find myself having a two-sided internal dialog in response to the fire-hose-level of religious pictures and messages that saturate and eventually drown my…
Today I celebrate that everyone in our nation is equally able to marry. It is about damned time we entered the 21st century. We should never decide the rights of…
Your ruling is nothing more than a legalistic temper tantrum. Each of you should immediately resign the bench that you are clearly unqualified to occupy, and that you have immeasurably…
I have immeasurable issues with Utah's mob rule oppression of civil rights (seriously, I could write a Stephen King sized novel). But for right now, let me focus just on…
