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LDS Church Handbook of Instructions available via WikiLeaks

May 28th, 2008 · by John · 19 Comments

This will be old news for Bloggernaccle Mormons, but a relatively recent edition (1999) of the influential but much obscured Church Handbook of Instructions is available online via wikileaks. I can only say to this, “Hooray Internets!”
I have to post the link on principle, if nothing else. Transparency and open communication are two […]

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Tags: Feminism · Mormon

My Brief Sojourn Among Mormon Feminists

April 8th, 2008 · by John · 10 Comments

Ironically,  one of the few places in Mormondom where I still feel welcome is in the Mormon feminist blogspace. Three of them are listed in my sidebar under “Feminist.” One of my favorite sites, Zelophehad’s Daughters, is run by grad students (I feel a spiritual affinity to my favorite ZD blogger, Kiskilili, who studies Sumerian […]

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Tags: Feminism · Mormon

Leaving the Garden: C. L. Hanson’s Journey

February 29th, 2008 · by John · 3 Comments

For our latest installment of “Leaving the Garden” (a weekly series in which we ask someone to reflect on their encounters with religion and uncertainty) C. L. Hanson of the blog Letters from A Broad has graciously allowed us to share her post entitled How I Became an Atheist.  
C. L. Hanson describes herself as […]

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Tags: Atheism · Getting over Religion · Leaving the Garden · Mormon

Romney’s Speech

December 6th, 2007 · by John · 5 Comments

Here’s the link to JFK Mitt Romney’s speech.  I won’t have a chance to look at it until tonight, but I’d love to hear your reactions to it.

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Tags: Mormon · News · Politics