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by @ Hackman's Musings
If you travel in Evangelical circles, you will often hear them say things like "Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship" or "I'm not religious, I have a relationship with Jesus".But, of course, it is a religion and, no, it isn't a...(30 Jan)
by admin @ Telestial State | The Absolute Worst Utah Has to Offer
The one who assumes that function for the needs of betting order in a sport, although another person is likely to be bodily dealing. In a money sport, when two gamers are concerned in a big pot, and one is all-in, they could comply with the deal for...(24 Jan)
by @ Pure Mormonism
Previously, a replay: Did The Lord Choose Not To Anoint 'The Lord's Anointed'? At the right side of this page you'll see a list of the ten most popular blog posts on this forum. I have nothing to do with choosing these rankings; the posts...(22 Jan)
by admin @ Telestial State | The Absolute Worst Utah Has to Offer
Chambers of commerce can offer information about different markets and business partners and direct you to relevant stories. Once you have chosen one or more markets of provide, look into potential trade companions and business contacts. The 9-11,...(20 Jan)
by @ Hackman's Musings
There has been a lot of hype over HBO's The Last of Us.My take on episode 1. First half great, 2nd half boring.Mild spoilers ahead...They did what I feared... they skipped the middle.They start out with the introduction of the plague. ...(16 Jan)
by @ Hackman's Musings
"You need more faith!!" is a common refrain in fundamental religious circles. It is the cure shouted at every problem. Issues of health, finances, questions about life... everything is about pushing you back into the framework.To...(16 Jan)
by admin @ Telestial State | The Absolute Worst Utah Has to Offer
San Francisco Exploratorium creates modern palms-on exhibits that wow children – and their mothers and father. Journey to the San Diego Zoo, go to the Columbia River Gorge or hike up the facet of a Hawaiian volcano. Till then, a 5-level video...(16 Jan)
by @ Adult Onset Atheist
Greeting readers. I’ve been thinking about dusting off my blog for a couple years now. All the reasons for distancing myself from it have all been defused and filed away. Still, I lacked any good reason to do it... at least until...(13 Jan)
by C. L. Hanson @ Letters from a broad...
This is my favorite recipe, mostly just because it's delicious -- but it's also great for fighting food waste!This recipe is especially for using up bread that has gone stale, and it's also a delicious way to use fresh vegetables, herbs, and...(11 Jan)
by @ What I Think About
Note: In May 2021 I was asked to speak to a Jewish audience about what it has been like for me to be a gay Latter-day Saint. The following essay is what I shared with them. You can listen to me read it here. Feared, Pitied, and Honored After 11...(10 Jan)
by C. L. Hanson @ Letters from a broad...
My kids and I finished up our latest Totally Normal Town episode -- our Christmas Special -- just in time for Christmas Eve!!(24 Dec)
by C. L. Hanson @ Letters from a broad...
This year's "State of the Me" is probably going to be the most positive one so far in this whole series! I'd just like to remind readers that I started this series in January 2010 because I was depressed about moving from France to Switzerland and...(21 Dec)
by @ Pure Mormonism
Previously: Don't Call Me A Right-WingerConnie and I had some new friends visit us last week who are relatively new readers of this blog and they told me they check in every day to see if there is anything new here. My intent is to post something...(18 Dec)
by Woven baju @ Service Unavailable
Jasa Jual Tepal - Terpal dapat dibeli oleh peternak dari toko peralatan bangunan, tetapi toko ini biasanya tidak menyediakan terpal dalam gulungan penuh, terutama dalam ukuran dan ketebalan yang tidak umum. karena plastik terpal biasanya hanya...(6 Dec)
by Woven baju @ Service Unavailable
Jual Kolam Terpal di Bandung - untuk harga murah kolam terpal di bandung diameter 2. Pembudidaya ikan lele telah menggunakan kolam terpal bundar sebagai alternatif hemat biaya dan hemat tempat dibandingkan tambak tradisional, terutama di...(6 Dec)
by @ Pure Mormonism
I have nothing in common with these two jerksPreviously: Politics and Religion Revisited ...(30 Oct)
by Remy @ Mind on Fire | Religion, SF, and Other Speculative Fictions.
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!The post Hello world! first appeared on mind on fire.(11 Oct)
by Woven baju @ Service Unavailable
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by @ What I Think About
Last Friday I learned that my friend Alison had passed away earlier that morning. She was diagnosed with cancer just the week before and then she gone. She is one of a number of people who have opened their door to me and made their house my...(26 May)
by @ What I Think About
Alzheimer’s destroys a person slowly. The brain gradually builds up plaque and stops working little by little. It’s hard to notice the change when you’re around the person every day. But you notice when you’ve been away. Before this visit I...(15 May)
by creeksalmon @ The Truth about Mormonism
1839: This is the official account of the First Vision, first published by Joseph Smith in the March 15th 1842 edition of the Times and Seasons. It appears in the Pearl of Great Price as Joseph Smith History. The account used here is...(29 Apr)
by @ Adult Onset Atheist
Monday morning, the day after the vernal equinox, my father died. In the afternoon I went for a bike ride to search for some clarity and maybe a couple metaphors. Despite my many failures as a son, and in my lifelong search for...(23 Mar)
by Montgomery Q @ Montgomery Q - The Saga
The place I work has boring stock photos that they use in all their Powerpoint templates, so every time someone does a presentation, you see the same photos of people thinking and laughing and pondering their ancestry. So I started adding...(26 Jan)
by Montgomery Q @ Montgomery Q - The Saga
When I was feverish from having a Covid booster I began to see things in the silly string spatters on the ceiling above my bed. "Why is there Silly String spatters above your bed?" you may ask. Because I was testing some web shooters.The...(17 Jan)
by creeksalmon @ The Truth about Mormonism
Samson never kept the LDS rules of no alcohol, baptism, short hair, etc and so didn't obey the covenants established by himself and God. He married pagan women so he didn't establish an eternal marriage yet is recorded in Hebrews 11 as a great man...(1 Jan)
by Montgomery Q @ Montgomery Q - The Saga
I created a banner/logo/agenda for a rally that had some famous names attending. I forget who, though. Once again, I had a lot of fun with a good client and friend, Fat Daddy. He let me do his Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas version of...(28 Dec)
by Unknown @ a dizzy life
Good day, all. It is almost a new year and I am reactivating this blog to continue making suggestions -- lame though they may be -- on how to handle the USPTO. Hello world! (22 Dec)
by @ The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis
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by Facsimilogos @ Facsimilogos
Hi Jim Wolfe,I love your material! Keep up the excellent work. I wanted to share with you how much your material means to me. I found AAKH, after searching desperately for some way to make sense out of what happened to me. It took some time for my...(7 Nov)
by @ Against the Greater Light
Welcome back to the Conference Center, ladies and gentlemen. Though it's eerily vacant past the first section of seats and the choir gallery is more sparsely populated than usual, we're back to the normal meeting place for general conferences...(28 Oct)
by Simon Southerton @ Simon's DNA Musings
IntroductionIn July 1996, the skeleton of an ancient Native American washed out of the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick Washington. Radiocarbon dating of a well preserved finger bone revealed the remains, now known as Kennewick Man or the...(9 Oct)
by @ Against the Greater Light
Jeffrey R. Holland has made some waves recently with a lovely little speech given at BYU. His apostolic jowls are all aquiver with righteous indignation over the issue of...well, he has some difficulty saying exactly what the issue is, but...(28 Aug)
by Simon Southerton @ Simon's DNA Musings
For decades, Mormon scholars at Brigham Young University have believed the Semitic Nephite civilisation and the Maya civilisation were one and the same. According to these apologists, archaeological ruins throughout Mesoamerica bear witness to this...(14 Aug)
by Simon Southerton @ Simon's DNA Musings
“If you get on a hobby horse it will ride you right out of the Church.”President Heber J. Grant I rode a DNA hobby horse out of the Mormon Church in 1998, after I discovered Native Americans and Polynesians have no ancient Jewish...(12 Aug)
by @ Against the Greater Light
I recently had a chance to visit a few of the church historical sites in Palmyra with a never-Mormon friend. I have a few observations:The video that the missionary showed us in the visitors center began by mentioning that there were several...(11 Aug)
by creeksalmon @ The Truth about Mormonism
From Ezek. 37:15-17 Mormons claim: (1) the sticks are really scrolls; (2) the stick of Judah is the Bible; (3) the stick of Joseph is the B. of M.; and, (4) the joining of these sticks means the joining of two writings - the Bible and...(26 Jul)
by David Bokovoy @ Worlds Without End
Well, that was interesting. Following my last post, which expressed some public concerns regarding the recent Interpreter article addressing the Documentary Hypothesis, the editors decided to republish an essay I wrote over a decade ago...(30 Jun)
by David Bokovoy @ Worlds Without End
Since the 19th century, scholars have made exciting discoveries that shed significant light on the Bible. One of these findings is the fact that the first five books of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) were not composed by a single...(21 May)
by TGD @ The Gay Dot
A quick show of hands. Who is still following this blog? (leave a comment)I know it's a weird question since the last time I posted was just over 5 years ago. Now that Facebook, Twitter and other social networks have taken over and...(18 Feb)
by a @ Breaking Mormon
If you have found this blog CONGRATULATIONS. You were brave enough to look at something you know the church would rather you not. This is an online book started in 2013 when I first decided to leave the Mormon church. I wrote...(21 Jan)
by a @ Breaking Mormon
I was walking through a Wal-mart when I got the phone call. I nearly knocked over a display of allergy medicine to pick it up. The MRI was about a week ago and I waiting for the answer to, "am I going to die?" I remember laying in...(21 Jan)
by @ Lair of the Sinister Porpoise
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by @ The Many Banes of My Existence by Alexis
I've been away for quite some time. Part of the time I've actually been away. The remainder of the time I've merely been locked out of my blog. Since then, I've at least regained access to the blog , so I have returned in some...(24 Nov)
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I just wanted to say thank you teaching me that I no longer want to be Mormon.
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In reply to Ron Johnson.
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