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

Why Mormon History is Not What They Say

guest August 2, 2010joseph, marriage, Mormon, mormon, polygamy, questioning, succession 74 Comments

Our controversial guest post today is from Rock Waterman.  Check out the original unabridged post at his blog, Pure Mormonism, so titled from his observation …

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Pyramids-R-US

FireTag July 31, 2010apostasy, book of mormon, community of christ, Culture, education, general, Government, history, LDS, Leaders, Money, Mormon, Mormons, news, politics, repentance, righteousness, science, thought 47 Comments

Last week I spent a supper hour (it took that long) reading an article called “America’s Ruling Class – And the Perils of Revolution” by …

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Church History: Principles

Hawkgrrrl May 18, 2010Mormon 78 Comments

There has been a lot of discussion in the b’nacle about what the church can do from a practical standpoint to address the thorny issues …

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Putting Things on a Shelf

Hawkgrrrl April 29, 2010Mormon 78 Comments

People like to talk about putting things that bother them about the church on a shelf.  Of course, the problem is that for some, the shelf …

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Symonds Ryder and a Crisis of Faith

Bored in Vernal April 15, 2010apostasy, General Conference, history, Mormon, testimony 38 Comments

Once again, the story of Symonds Ryder has been misused to illustrate a point about leaving the Church over something inconsequential.  Undoubtedly there have been …

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Bombshell at the BYU Studies Symposium

Bored in Vernal March 13, 2010apostles, BYU, conferences and symposia, General Authorities, history, LDS, Leaders, Mormon, Priesthood, prophets, succession, testimony 15 Comments

A small crowd at the BYU Studies Symposium yesterday was on hand to receive Richard Holzapfel’s self-proclaimed Mormon history “bombshell.”  He presented the morning plenary …

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Memorialising the Holocaust: Post-memory and the Latter-Day Saints

Aaron R. aka Rico February 28, 2010history, Holocaust, memory, Mormon, surviving 9 Comments

According to Arrington and Bitton, “most individual responses of modern Mormons involve a kind of tie with the past”[1] . History is central to the …

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Church Growth and the Tendency toward Liberalism

Aaron R. aka Rico January 31, 2010church, correlation, Culture, diversity, doctrine, General Authorities, Mormon, prophets, religion 50 Comments

Some time ago, as a guest I wrote a post entitled ‘Academic freedom in the Church‘ which tried to explore some of liberalizing tendencies seen …

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The Church in 20 Years

guest December 14, 2009Mormon 29 Comments

Where do you see the Church in 20 years?  Today’s guest post is by David Heap.

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The Surprising Truth About Mormon Employment Discrimination

Jeff Breinholt September 12, 2009Mormon 50 Comments

Religious discrimination in the workplace is barred in the United States.  It has been that way since the 1960s.  This prohibition is across the board, …

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Trying to Understand My Friends Who Didn’t Leave the Faith

guest June 9, 2009book of mormon, books, church, faith, families, historicity, Mormon, prophets, questioning, restoration, thought 806 Comments

Here is a modified excerpt from a 60-page writing that I made for close friends and family members when I decided to leave the church …

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Temple ceremony, the stabilizer for mystical enthusiasm

Brian Johnston December 24, 2008history, joseph, temple 9 Comments

I’ve been thinking lately about the differences between the LDS Church we participate in today compared to what attracted and retained early members in the …

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The Problem of History – First a Fake Example

Bruce Nielson November 24, 2008doubt, historicity, history, Mormon 33 Comments

In my past posts I discussed the impossibility of knowing what really happened in history as well as the problem that, believe or disbelieve, we …

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History as Narrative Fallacy aka What Type of Apologist Are You?

Bruce Nielson November 18, 2008apologetics, doubt, historicity, history 37 Comments

“History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, the generator of history. There is a fundamental incompleteness in your …

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Thorns in the Side: Villains in the Mormon Mind, Part I

Russell October 31, 2008Mormon 16 Comments

Everyone loves a good villain…the bellowing laugh with hands thrown up in the air utter triumph. As a child, I found Dr. Claw of Inspector …

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Righteous Gentiles Part II

Russell October 24, 2008missionary, missions, mormon 24 Comments

So methinks that we have a few clairvoyants on-board. That said, behold the top four “Righteous Gentiles.” A few caveats… A) No, C.S. Lewis fans…he …

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How should we know? Ask him yourself!

guest September 17, 2008Mormon 16 Comments

Today’s post is by Wade Nelson.  I served my mission in Quebec in the mid 1970’s and hate to admit it but spent more time …

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Our Foundation Stories Part VI: The Laying on of Hands

John Nilsson July 7, 2008church, God, historicity, history, joseph, LDS, Mormon, Priesthood, religion, restoration, scripture, smith, theology

This is the last installment of Our Foundation Stories, I promise! As a child, I heard the story of the restoration of the Aaronic and …

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A Non-Member Kirtland Experience

Hawkgrrrl April 15, 2008history, inter-faith, LDS, missionary, missions, Mormon, mormon, Mormons 45 Comments

I recently read an interesting post by a non-member couple and their visit to Kirtland.  IMO, their contrast of the Kirtland temple (Community of Christ) tour …

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The Unfinished Restoration: A Global Vision

Andrew March 5, 2008apologetics, book of mormon, LDS, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, prophets, religion, restoration, theology 21 Comments

Mormons tend to think of the Restoration as a discrete series of events that began with the First Vision and concluded with the Martyrdom. Because …

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Robert Millet & Krista Tippet Pt. 3: Robert Millet as a Budding “Sunstone” or “New Order” Mormon

John Dehlin February 4, 2008faith, history, LDS, millet, mormon, Mormons, theology 98 Comments

As I’m sure you’ve discovered by now — my takeaways from this interview between Krista Tippet and LDS Theologian and BYU Religion Professor Robert Millet …

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