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The meanings of Zion
This is the third post on Richard L. Bushman's Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2008). [See Part 1 and Part 2.] In Chapter Three, Bushman reviews the several meanings of the term "Zion" in LDS doctrine and thinking.
The Mormon sense of Zion has no real parallels in Protestant though
posted 11:00:37pm Jul. 29, 2009 |
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A statistical portrait of Mormons
The Pew Forum recently issued a detailed summary of survey information about Mormons gathered as part of a much larger survey of religious life in the United States. It is a very readable summary, noting that Mormons comprise 1.7% of adults in the US; 35% of Mormon adults live in Utah and 13% live i
posted 12:33:08pm Jul. 29, 2009 |
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July 24th: Pioneer Day in Utah
July 24th is a state holiday in Utah, designated Pioneer Day. It commemorates the entry of the first wagon train of Mormons into the Salt Lake Valley in the summer of 1847. They came down Emigration Canyon, somewhat north of the present I-80 corridor which comes down Parley's Canyon. Brigham Young w
posted 5:38:50pm Jul. 23, 2009 |
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Finding heretics in strange places
A very interesting post at Mormon Matters, reviewing a 1989 book titled "Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up?" The book was written by an attorney who grew up a Jehovah's Witness, then became an Evangelical Christian. That lasted until he conducted a thorough reading the original writings of the
posted 6:27:09pm Jul. 22, 2009 |
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Reason and revelation in Mormonism
This is a second piece on Bushman's Mormonism: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2008). [See Part 1.] Every faith and denomination has an approach for balancing faith and reason. In Chapter Two of the book, Bushman briefly outlines the LDS approach.
The context, of course, is how a faith or den
posted 12:46:47am Jul. 17, 2009 |
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posted December 13, 2008 at 12:35 am
Perhaps you could address these twelve both appalling and offensive false doctrines which I picked up from FeministMormonHousewives, which various women report they were taught at one time or another while in the Young Women’s Program.
1. “multiply and replenish the earth” means being limited to being a baby machine.
2. The Proclamation of the Family tells me that I am required to limit my own potential to baby-making alone…
3. If you are a single woman who becomes pregnant, you are therefore blessed because you are obeying the commandment to “multiply and replenish the earth”, even though you are breaking the law of chastity?
4. If you are infertile, you are inadvertently sinning, because you are unable to ‘multiply and replenish” the earth in the baby-making way?
5. If a couple who can have children chooses not to, they are eternally damned.
6. It is against the rules to visit teach a male member of the church, or to take a female companion when one goes home teaching
7. If the direction is to multiply and replenish the earth, then young women are obeying this commandment if they become pregnant at 15?
8. Only after women marry are they considered important enough to obtain direction from the Lord; without a husband or children a woman’s value is nil.
9. The couple who choose to not have children or are unable to have children or simply can’t afford to have children… the time they spend in this life is of any less value.
10. A childless woman must also be infinitely patient in dealing with the cold, hard shoulders of the mothers at church; she will be infinitely be more pitied, left out, judged as less worthy and hurt by those around her.
11. If I was raped, it was my fault for dressing immodestly.
12. It is in this life that you need to be a mother.
posted December 13, 2008 at 6:39 am
Nameless, I will address a couple of these points in future posts, but as a general rule, I would suggest the following: Don’t believe everything you hear at FMH.