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Stick to the manual and stop thinking. Mormons instructed to not use outside sources, especially the Internet, when teaching from the lesson manuals.  Mormon598 (Jan. 2010)  Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.  (Mormontimes Magazine) Mormon599

What Shocks Mormons and non-Mormons as they learn about Mormonism. Mormon505

A concise summary of life as a Mormon. Mormon558

More on the Mormon Temple Rituals as seen on these videos. Mormon533

A Family Church?  A non-Mormon mother writes about being excluded from the Mormon temple wedding of her convert daughter.  Mormon503     Also, women discuss their temple weddings.  Mormon507   Excluded from brother's temple wedding.  Mormon541

Newly Discovering the Facts on Mormonism?  Feelings and depression.  Mormon457

Mormon Belief Interferes with Rational Decision Making.  A concise summary of the dangers of believing in Mormonism and in magical thinking.  Mormon439

Racist teachings.  Missionaries and Blacks - Brazil 1970.   Mormon480

Should Joseph Smith be judged by present-day standards?  Smith and polygamy.  Mormon451

Polygamy, Big Love and Joseph Smith:  Mormon Polygamy

DNA and the Book of Mormon.  Read the article in the USA Today.  The story that Dr. Simon Southerton submitted to us as to why he left Mormonism due to DNA evidence is at whyleft125.htm.  Also, an interesting discussion on Mormon apologetics and DNA is at Mormon391. 

The Second Anointing.  A personal experience.  A look into the inside of one of the secrets of the Mormon Church.   Mormon508

BYU Students Commanded to have Children Now.  Do not wait:  Mormon390

Mormon Church Changed the Temple Ceremony Again in Jan 2005. Mormon386

Is FARMS, the Mormon funded apologetic group, credible?  
  Read the discussion on peer review: Mormon333 
  Summary on Mormon apologetics: Mormon441 
  Tactics of Mormon apologists: Mormon376

Child Molesters Expose the Fallacy of Church Callings.  Mormon384

Feb. 2010  Mormon Church to spend more than $3.0 billion on a shopping mall in SLC.  (A year ago the cost was $2.0 billion.)  More money is being spent on this mall and related development than given in total charitable aid in the last 30 years!  Is this a church or a corporation?  Donations to the Mormon church are not helping the poor.   Mormon403  (updated Feb. 2010)

Dec. 2009  Mormon Church to spend over $100 million (estimate) on a hotel/resort complex in Hawaii.  Mormon595 

Oct. 2009  Apostle Dallin Oaks lacks the moral authority to lecture anyone on civil rights.  Mormon591 

Oct. 2009  Apostle Holland misleads members with his Book of Mormon prop and his assertions.  Mormon587 

Aug. 2009  The Mormon Church appears to be abandoning the Book of Abraham, a supposed translation by Joseph Smith from some common Egyptian funeral papyri.  Mormon586  

Jul. 2009  The Mormon Church in its official church magazine, "The Ensign", uses a story of a struggling single mother of 6 as an example of paying tithing.  The mother would rather have her children homeless and hungry than to neglect paying tithing.  Blind obedience or mindless irresponsibility?  Mormon583

Jun. 2009  Mormon Church has spent nearly $600 million to bail out Beneficial Life via Deseret Management over the last 2 years.  The Mormon Church can find hundreds of millions to fund failing institutions, yet it is unwilling to help average members.  Mormon581

Apr. 2009  Dallin Oaks, Mormon Apostle, tells members at the Easter Midwest conference, via satellite broadcast, that the church will not help them during these difficult economic times.    Mormon576.   Members who paid tithing all of their lives will find that the church will refuse to assist or, at best, grant minimal assistance with heavy guilt placed on the member for asking. 

Mar. 2009  Discussions on the HBO series Big Love and on the Mormon Temple Ceremony.  Mormon572.    See also the Bulletin Boards for up to date information.

Feb. 2009  The Mormon church receives more than 5-8 billion dollars per year in tithing alone from US wards [congregations] based the on experiences of ward clerks and gives less than 1.3% in charitable aid.  Mormon565

Jan. 2009  The Mormon church initiates a hiring freeze and continues to work on the 2 billion dollar mall in SLC.  Freeze

Dec. 2008  The Mormon Church being investigated for its involvement in California's Proposition 8.   Mormon559

Sep. 2008  A Mormon High Priest has been threatened with excommunication for writing against an anti-gay amendment in California.  TV Story Neb.  and  TV Story SLC  Also follow the discussions on the bulletin board.  Recovery bb   Public opinion has forced the church to delay the court date to after the Nov. election.  See Court Delayed

Sep. 2008 (updated) Mormon apologists now fighting other Mormon apologists over the alleged locations of the Book of Mormon events. Mormon534

July 2008  A Mormon man  was excommunicated for his calendar of shirtless male Mormon missionaries.  The Marriott corporation and its Mormon owners are one of the largest purveyors of hard core pornography in the US.  The Marriotts have never been reprimanded.  Instead, they are held in high esteem by the Mormon hierarchy due to the large amount of tithing they pay.  To read about the excommunication of Hardy, see:  Mormon539   

June 2008  Depression wide spread in Utah.  ABCNews Story

Mormon Church to spend more than $2.0 billion on shopping malls in SLC.  More money is being spent on these malls than given in total charitable aid in the last 22 years!  Is this a church or a corporation?  Donations to the Mormon church are not helping the poor.   Mormon403

May 2008  Mormon Church attempts to gag the Internet regarding posting the "Handbook of Instructions".  Mormon528

Apr. 2008  Joseph Smith and Warren Jeffs: Two peas in the same polygamous pod.  Mormon526   &  Mormon Polygamy Mormon527

Apr. 2008 - Mormon prophet wants former members to return.  Comments from former members.  Mormon524

Mar. 2008 - Utah is the state with the highest rate of depression.  Mormon521

Dec. 2007 – Mitt Romney has a casual relationship with truth    Mormon502

Dec. 2007 – Utah now leads the nation in depression.   Mormon499

Nov. 2007 – Book of Mormon Change:  Lamanites are no longer the principal ancestors of the American Indians.   Mormon492

A Missionary’s food and personal hygiene budget slashed to $4 per day in the USA.   Mormon477

General Conference Highlights.  Wives are possessions.  Mormon468   Parable of the Pickle.  Mormon471

LA Times: The Book of Mormon and DNA:  Book of Mormon and DNA  Discussions on DNA:  Mormon440

Utah Leads the Nation in Bankruptcy filings again.    Mormon356

Newsweek publishes an article for the Mormon Church by a BYU graduate.  The author at least admits that Joseph Smith used a seer stone in a hat for ‘translation’, which is quite different from the official church teachings.  She also admits that Smith was a polygamist. Mormon433

Limits of Free Speech in Mormonism.  A BYU Philosophy Professor fired for writing his opinion.  Mormon449

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