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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “racism”

A Horrific Tale of Forgiveness

Mormon Heretic June 29, 2010 books, catholicism, christ, christianity, death, Holocaust, international, racism, women 9 Comments

I really miss my book club, but I am participating in the Stay LDS Book Club. The first book that we have decided to read is Left …

Michael Smith Suspended for Iran Comments

Mormon Heretic November 21, 2009 athletics, BYU, Humor, media, missionary, Mormon, racism, sports 56 Comments

Ok, I am when someone who get bothered when someone makes disparaging comments about another ethnic group. Fox suspended LA Clippers announcers Ralph Lawler and …

A Case for Slavery

Mormon Heretic August 23, 2009 books, history, Mormon, Priesthood, race, racism 62 Comments

A few years ago, John Dehlin did a few podcasts about the Priesthood Ban. I wrote up a post which combined about 3 of John’s …

Obama and Elvis are cousins

James July 23, 2009 blacks, Bloggernacle, Charity, church, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doctrine, faith, Folklore, inter-faith, LDS, liberal, Mormon, President Monson, race, racism 17 Comments

President Barack Obama met with President Monson on Monday in the Oval Office, thanking President Monson for a thorough history of the first family.

Best and Worst of Mormonism: Quotes!

AdamF May 22, 2009 catholicism, christ, General Authorities, history, Humor, Leaders, Mormons, prophets, racism, repentance 61 Comments

A Zen Buddhist/Freemason friend of mine has put together some great posts of “Best and Worst Bible Verses.” I have been trying to convince him …

The Problem with Tolerance

Hawkgrrrl May 19, 2009 apologetics, Asides, catholicism, Charity, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, diversity, doubt, General Authorities, inter-faith, LDS, Leaders, liberal, media manipulation, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, obedience, orthodox, prophets, questioning, racism, religion, theology, thought 133 Comments

The church has a history of high level leaders making sweeping pronouncements that are later deemed incorrect, speculative, or unauthorized, yet in each case, church …

My Perspective on Polygamy

Mormon Heretic May 17, 2009 Bible, christianity, history, LDS, marriage, Mormon, polygamy, questioning, racism, smith, theology, women 149 Comments

I have long avoided talking about polygamy on my blog. It is a source of tremendous discomfort for me, but it keeps coming up, so …

Why are the 12 tribes of Israel important?

Mormon Heretic May 1, 2009 apostasy, Bible, mormon, racism, scripture, theology 37 Comments

The LDS Church has a list of 13 general beliefs, which was composed by Joseph Smith in the 1830’s. It does not cover everything the …

The Untold Story of Black Mormons by Guest

guest April 2, 2009 Anti-Mormon, apologetics, baptism, Bible, blacks, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, books, burdens, BYU, Charity, christianity, church, cinema, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doubt, education, evangelicals, faith, families, fear, Folklore, General Authorities, history, joseph, LDS, liberal, Logic, Mormon, obedience, prayer, Priesthood, prophets, questioning, race, racism, religion, resolutions, restoration, righteousness, scripture, tesimony, theology 33 Comments

When I served a mission in eastern Canada in the early 90s, there were many things I was grateful for (warm boots, wool suits, fairly …

Positive Black History in the Church

Mormon Heretic March 14, 2009 blacks, history, LDS, Mormon, Priesthood, race, racism 82 Comments

Much has been made of the LDS Church’s unflattering history regarding the priesthood ban. But there are some positive stories. I’d like to address some …

The Symbolic Image of Christ

Arthur February 1, 2009 blacks, christ, christianity, church, Culture, diversity, historicity, Jesus, mormon, Mormon, Mormons, race, racism, religion, symbols, temple 25 Comments

Much has been said in church magazines and the Bloggernacle about the image of Joseph Smith. Do we know what Joseph Smith really looked like? …

Nipples, Sexism and Racism

Hawkgrrrl January 6, 2009 adultery, apostasy, church, Culture, curiosity, diversity, fear, feminism, Folklore, Humor, LDS, marriage, missionary, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, news, pornography, questioning, race, racism, religion, sexuality, thought, Utah 95 Comments

There was an interesting article in Time recently about Facebook’s censorship of pics with nips, specifically eliminating pictures of breastfeeding moms (and, in their defense, a few …

The Irony of Proposition 8

Jeff Spector November 10, 2008 blacks, Culture, Discrimination, evangelicals, faith, families, First Amendment, gay, Government, history, homosexuality, LDS, Leaders, marriage, Mormon, Mormons, racism, religion, temple

I hope you can stand at least one more post on Proposition 8 and its aftermath.

This Won’t Get Past Correlation!

John Nilsson October 29, 2008 Bible, christ, God, Jesus, Mormon, parables, race, racism, religion, scripture, spirituality 28 Comments

Here is a quote from a dusty, forgotten, once-official Church manual. Who said this and why wouldn’t this get past the brethren and sistren at …

Prophetic Smackdown: Moses vs. Joseph Smith

guest August 25, 2008 Anti-Mormon, apologetics, Asides, Culture, curiosity, doubt, general, General Authorities, history, Humor, inter-faith, international, joseph, LDS, Leaders, marriage, mormon, Mormons, politics, polygamy, prophets, questioning, race, racism, religion, scripture 42 Comments

Today’s post is from an anonymous guest blogger. The critics of the church like to point the finger at Joseph Smith, citing polygamy, concealing polygamy, …