onendagus is one of the quality folks one gets to meet at the lectures, has even helped line us up with a great speaker who will be speaking at the Ex-Mormon Conference. Wish onendagus lived closer he would definitely be part of our Southern Utah Ex/PostMormon management Team.
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We are secular in that we do not promote an alternative religion, however embrace diversity as some desire a more liberal religious view. Many identify as agnostic, rationalist, skeptic and atheist. Attempt to support through association with like minded people and empower through confirming the Churches faith destroying history. Best- SoUtSkeptic
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My TBM/Cafeteria Mormon wife even comes!
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I know your fear, first time I wanted to be just a fly on the wall. Come, you will be pleasently surprised:)
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What comprises Critical Thinking and applying the Critical Thinking process to what is presented us in everyday life. The Southern Utah Post-Mormon Lecture series will be held Sunday October 7th, 2 PM at the New Lexington Hotel- 850 S. Bluff St. St. George Utah. Come and mingle with like minded people. Refreshments will be served. For more information email soutpostmormons@hotm
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The question addressed in today’s Radio West Program “Why does the World Exist”? Few questions could ever be as vexing or confounding: why is there something instead of nothing? Faced with that inquiry, most people would just shrug their shoulders. The writer and reporter Jim Holt took a much different approach. He went on an epic journey to uncover past and present attempts to tackle th
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This should be a good one to turn up when rigid TBM family members are near. You may know Larry Wilmore from his role as the Senior Black Correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, and if you do, you’re probably familiar with his insightful satire that lays bare America’s difficult dealings with race. Wilmore was in Salt Lake City recently, and he put together a television program
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Multi Level Marketing or does MLM really stand for "Mormons Losing Money. Get-Rich-Quick Profiteers Love Mitt Romney, and He Loves Them Back Mormon country is rife with miracle-cure peddlers whose get-rich-quick schemes have boomed in the recession. One of the biggest beneficiaries of their campaign largesse? Mitt Romney. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/04/mitt-romney-nu-skin
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The LDS Church is the second fastest growing religion, but there's a debate over how many people are Mormon. In the U.S., the Church reports some 6.2 million members. Independent researchers place the number at 4.4 million. The difference lies in who should be counted. LDS statistics reflect people who were baptized, but who may no longer be active or even believe. Monday, we're discussing what t
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Celebrity filmmaker Richard Dutcher will be interviewed today at 11 AM and replay at 7 PM. You can listen live on the net http://www.kuer.org/ the program will be available for podcast download after today. Radio West ROCKS!
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Romney family history/Mormonism flavor- We find Mitt Romney relation to Mormon icon, Apostle Parley P. Pratt. Wikipedia indicates Pratt had 12 wives and the practice did not fare well for Pratt in marrying his 12th wife as she was legally married to Hector McLean. Mc Lean (a non Mormon) who could not accept Mormonism tracked Pratt to Van Buren, Arkansas and murdered him for marrying his wife Elea
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A Presidential Candidate surely can not be judged by his ancestors, however the great flavor of Mormon history invites questions about a mans beliefs and the Church he belongs to. Nadine Hansen (longtime Sunstone presenter) will present some of the latest research of liberal Mormon researcher Todd Compton, afterward Todd Compton will take a telephone questions and answer. The Southern
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Lectures are open to the public, have several nevermo's that attend, enjoy like minded folks. Hope to see you there.
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"The Greek Miracle": The gift of logic, rationalism, the concepts of Inquiry and proof- independent of religious or political authority. This lecture will be given by Southern Utah University professor David Lunt. Professor Lunt recently graduated from Penn State majoring in History with an emphasis in Classics and Mediterranean Studies. We expect this to be one of our most outsta
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Lori Fazzino will examine the deconversion process of belief to non belief and the parallels of Mormon deconversion to Evangelical Christian deconversion. Lori Fazzino holds a master's degree in sociology from the department of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she is continuing her doctoral work on atheist communities. She is a former Evangelical believer. Lori's status as a
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Happyapostate, Thankyou for the heads up. Larry and Tammy founded our group of apostates and it will be a joy to visit with them. I highly recommend Tammy's book.
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Onendagus has a landed a great lecture for us in March,"How to become unsaved". Looking forward to March Onendagus! Thanks- Soutskeptic
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Often when an inquiring Latter-day Saint stumbles across the Churches faith destroying history and seeks clarification with the bishop, the questioner will find themselves in a worthiness interview or with no satisfactory answer at all. Sharing ones new found information will often threaten a spouse resulting in marital difficulties and stressed family relationships. No longer embracing the LDS c
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Whereby "Truth" is absolute and eternal, enduring forever, never varying through out the ages (D&C 1:39, Ps. 100:5, 117:2), The Southern Utah PostMormon Lecture series will present and discuss Richard Packham's Ex-Mormon Conference Talk "The Everlasting Gospel in the Ever-changing Church" The Lecture will be presented by Arza Evans Sunday January 8th at 2 PM in the
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The December lecture series will present a first-person critique from the Mormon Alliance Analysis of LDS semi-annual conference along with continued recap of the recent Ex-Mormon Conference. An Ex/PostMormon enlightenment of a former Provo MTC Instructor will also be shared. The presentation will be Sunday, December 4th, 2 PM at the new Lexington Hotel, 850 So. Bluff Street St. George, U
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The presentation will include a first-person report on the recent Mormon Alliance semi-annual conference critique--come find out what messages LDS Inc is pushing--also the unintended messages, bloopers, and a catalog of the bizarre! And for all of us who were unable to attend the Ex-Mormon Foundations Ex-Mormon Conference a recap of the lectures will be give by those who could attend. The pre
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SL Cabbie, Very much appreciate the review, I'm looking even more forward to Mel Smith's presentation. Bigler and Bagley's research is also supported with simular accounts from DMQ's research. Makes one appreciate the march on the Utah Territory. BTW, I had to work on a Federal Incident in Idaho over 911 rememberance so did did not make the turn over of the MMM. Hope you were able to make it
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Thanks onendagus, The lecture will be at 2 PM. Hope to get to meet you.
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KUER with Doug Fabrizo will air the following today at 11 AM with rebroadcast at 7 PM. You can listen live on the net: http://www.kuer.org/ (Courtesy harpers.org) In a new article for Harper's Magazine, journalist Chris Lehmann argues that Mormon economic life is everything the GOP could hope for and has been since the early days of the LDS Church. Lehmann calls Mormons "free-market
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Guaranteed better than semi-annual LDS Conference, our annual Fall/Winter Lecture series resumes in October. Past director of the Utah State Historical Society Dr. Mel Smith will review of the book "The Mormon Rebellion" by David L. Bigler and Will Bagley. Historian Mel Smith is well know for his objective and knowledgeable presentations. Needless to say, Mormon apologists appear not
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What I'm hearing Evan Wilcox say is he finds reconciliation in observing (opposed to the old fossils in the Church), that the younger generation in the Church is becoming more accepting of gays. What ever happened to the Church being lead by a prophet of God? Wilcox's journey I think is similar to many here, he just needs to come across the Churches faith destroying history.
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Did anyone get what Wilcox's answer was? Doug Fabrizio asks him which is stronger his sexual orientation core or his religious core. Boy is he doing mind gymnastics to reconcile.
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Kendall Wilcox shares his "spiritual experience of reconciliation" while at the Sacred Grove in Palmyra NY. This is a powerful experience for Mormons, my question is how does one distinguish a true "spiritual experience" from a psychological or emotional appeal? How does on know this spiritual experience is not merely subjective? Radio West host Doug Fabrizio pounding him for
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I think us Extmo's can relate and have empathy for gays in the Church. Kendall Wilcox apparently wants to stay in the abusive relationship. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (kuer) - Last month, filmmaker Kendall Wilcox made a bold decision. He decided it was the right time for him to admit publically that he is gay. Of course, this process can be difficult for anyone, but Wilcox is an employee of the LDS
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This from a blog about the book. People who have followed with interest the criticism that Mormons have received about performing temple baptisms for Holocaust victims will be interested to learn that it has been church policy for well over a century that members only be baptized for their own family members. Apparently, some things never change: We must be more strict in enforcing the rule
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