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• Casey Anthony: Everyone’s Looking to Cash In

  
  Kreuzer's Korner — Authority: 141
  We know that there are a lot of people looking to make a buck off this terrible tragedy. Today, the Orlando Sentinel takes a look at authors and publishers who are cashing in on the murder of Caylee Anthony. Haven’t bought a book, won’t be buying a book. If anyone else reads them, please feel free to share your ...
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• Wal-Mart now sells cult literature.

  
  Defending. Contending. — Authority: 504
  A few days ago I entered the book section of a local Wal-Mart and was shocked to see a large section of books on Mormonism. And no, this Wal-Mart was not in Utah. I then checked the internet and discovered they even sell Mormonism’s plagiarized piece of fiction known as the Book of Mormon online . (To understand ...
  6 days ago

• Top Ten Ways to Get Members to Take Church Less Seriously

  
  Runtu's Rincn — Authority: 409
  Once again I’ve been told that the reason I left Mormonism is that I took it too seriously. Rather than comment directly on the absurdity of such a statement, I’ll just provide some suggestions for getting Mormons to be more relaxed about the restored gospel. After all, I’m just doing my part to help people ...
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• The Prophet Mohammed

  
  Your Moral Leader — Authority: 440
  Why do non-Muslims keep saying, “The prophet Mohammed”? It’s so patronizing. We don’t do that for other religions. Do we say the prophet Joseph Smith? Or the prophet L. Ron Hubbard? Or the prophet Ellen G. White? Dennis Prager made this point on his radio show today. “Does Friedman write the Christ Jesus? ...
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• Two men charged with burglaries at Mount Laurel church

  
  myBCTnow.com — Authority: 155
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• Looping through the Mormon Arts, from me to me

  
  A Motley Vision — Authority: 414
  . Though this post is by it’s very nature heavily self-indulgent, I am going to try to spin it as more altruistic than it is. Altruism #1: Katya’s Mormon Arts Wikia is exploding. BYU’s Mormon Literature & Creative Arts database is still an excellent resource and in many respects superior, ...
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• Reason #115: Those Moonmen just won’t go away

  
  Latayne C. Scott — Authority: 115
  Eyewitnesses say that Joseph Smith and other LDS leaders not only described inhabitants on the moon, but also prophesied that 18th and 19th century Mormons would do missionary work there. Here are some sources for that information: (courtesy of Steve Benson) 1. Will Schmidt, “Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Battlestar Galactica and the Lost Ten Tribes

  
  Main Street Plaza — Authority: 119
  The re-imagined Battlestar series ended last year, and the DVD came out this past summer.  But I was thinking of it the other day when someone mentioned the lost ten tribes of Israel. How did I get from Battlestar Galatica (BSG) to the lost ten tribes? Well, as many MSP probably already know, the original 1970s ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Promises Made to the Fathers

  
  Temple Study - LDS Temples, Mormon Temples, Study Blog Temple Study LDS Temples, Mormon Temples, Study Blog — Authority: 394
  Elijah Appearing In The Kirtland Temple, by Dan Lewis. My father is on the High Council in the Riverton Utah Stake, and this past Sunday he was asked to speak in a ward about the temple and family history work.  He sent me his talk, and I thought it was good and thought provoking.  I thought you might like it ...
  3 weeks ago

• Instead of Counting Blessings, Be A Blessing…

  
  This I believe....... — Authority: 109
  Instead of Counting Blessings, Be A BlessingIn the last LDS General Conference, the President of the Church of Jesus Christ, Thomas S. Monson, gave an address entitled “What Have I Done For Someone Today?”  Much of his talk came from an article written by Dr. Jack McConnell about how he came out of retirement to ...
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• U.S. Presidents and the Mormons

  
  American Creation — Authority: 499
  Here are some interesting quotations from several U.S. Presidents on the Mormons that are often forgotten or never mentioned. I realize that this post isnt specifically on the American founding (usually we deal with things from the 17th and 18th centuries) but sometimes we forget just how important the 1800s were to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Laptop confiscations in Lau were inconsistent with DPS policy, DPS Associate Director now says

  
  Vox Populi — Authority: 510
  Last week, the Voice reported that the Department of Public Safety had been zealously enforcing a previously unknown policy of confiscating unattended laptops in Lauinger Library . When asked about the confiscations, DPS Associate Director Joseph Smith wrote in an e-mail: DPS routinely secures bicycles, laptops, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The "Katumin" Notebooks

  
  Mild-Mannered Musings — Authority: 401
  In a small 1835 notebook with Joseph Smiths signature on the cover, we find the following: A parallel notebook has the names of W. W. Phelps and F. G. Williams on the cover. It has a two page spread which is combined into a composite image below. The left hand page bears the title "A Translation of the next ...
  3 weeks ago

• Relief Society Lesson #46 The Martyrdom: The Prophet Seals His Testimony With His Blood

  
  The Exponent — Authority: 419
  by guest lesson writer Aimee In thinking about the death of Joseph Smith, the lesson seems to be trying to make three main points: 1) The circumstances surrounding Joseph Smith and the position of the saints in Nauvoo had come to a head and Joseph had a keen awareness of his mortality and the end of his earthly ...
  4 weeks ago

• Discovering God…

  
  This I believe....... — Authority: 109
   “To discover God is the greatest discovery that anyone ever makes in his lifetime, and in trying to understand the great responsibility that goes with such a discovery, I got down on my knees and asked God to help me bear an acceptable witness of him to all of those with whom I should come [...]
  4 weeks ago

• The Tolerable Hell of Our Imaginations

  
  Mormon Coffee — Authority: 409
  I was browsing the Desiring God web site the other day. I read an article where Pastor John Piper responded to the question, “How willingly do people go to hell?” Quoting C.S. Lewis’ statement, “All that are in hell choose it,” Dr. Piper wrote, “…this leads some who follow Lewis in this emphasis ...
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• Thou Shalt Not Covet…

  
  This I believe....... — Authority: 109
  Thou Shalt Not CovetPosted: 10 Nov 2009 11:00 PM PST“Being provident providers, we must keep that most basic commandment, ‘Thou shalt not covet’ (Exodus 20:17). Our world is fraught with feelings of entitlement. . . . If our family does not have everything the neighbors have, . . . we go into debt to buy [...]
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• Preparing as Youth to Receive Guidance in These Troubled Times:

  
  And You Thought I Was Going to Save the World — Authority:
  At the last Stake General Priesthood Meeting, I was asked to speak/train about the Duty to God program that the young men participate in by setting goals for their personal development. Here are my notes from the presentation: In 1820, God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to a young boy Joseph Smith in answer ...
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• Prophet-Preferred Prophet-Test

  
  Mormon Coffee — Authority: 409
  On November 1, 1831 Joseph Smith convened a conference of ten Mormon elders. The agenda for the meeting was to make decisions regarding the publication of Joseph’s revelations. According to an article in Mormon Times, “Joseph said that since the Lord had given the great blessing of so many revelations, the ...
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• WOTM on Mormonism.

  
  Defending. Contending. — Authority: 504
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