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…
Yeah, lecture us about your preferred name, because *that* is what's important. If nomenclature is what your church cares about the most, what kind of god are you worshiping? Here…
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…
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…
It is deeply saddening and painful to watch Trump and his Gangster Squad literally dismantle everything that truly is good in this country with such disdain. I am knocked back…
Republicans, you never again get to claim the moral high-ground regarding "fiscal responsibility". EIGHT years of your congress bitching non-stop about Obama's vacations and housing! Now you are silent while…
Stop Playing Along. Let's implement a ZERO TOLERANCE policy on Trump's lies. - Next time Trump lies in an interview, the interviewer ends it. - Next time Trump lies to…
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 have knelt on the sidelines for this one. But there is enough free-speech-shaming going on of Colin Kaepernick, that am going to say a few words. There is nothing…
The Short Answer? Yes. And no. Scrum is an Agile methodology that takes the story-based method and puts it on steroids. It is intended to be the silver bullet that…
