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Temple Rites, Secrecy and Social Control.

February 4th, 2007 · by John · 14 Comments

Warning: This post is critical of and reveals details of aspects of the Mormon temple ceremony. If you feel that such open discussion is offensive, then do not read the rest of the post.
I was nineteen when I was initiated into the world of temple Mormonism. I was a bright but naive kid […]

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the glass is unnecessary

February 4th, 2007 · by Miko · 11 Comments

John’s link to Pharyngula’s post about optimism & pessimism in atheism & religion. Both sides, of course, think that they’re the optimists and the other ones are the pessimists (I always like to say that both optimists and pessimists call themselves realists…). I wanted to start a similar conversation here.
I know that for me, believing […]

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