joseph smith
Why I'm Never Going Back to the Mormon Church
Although I left the LDS years ago, I went to the church's recent Hill Cumorah Pageant, a flashy spectacle designed to tell the origin story of Mormonism and convert new members.
Do Mormons Care About Joseph Smith's 40 Wives?
This year the LDS church released a series of essays that quietly acknowledged some of the more sordid bits of Mormon history, including the religion's founder's polygamy.
Komplaint Dept. - Manson vs. Mormon, and the Brides of Frankenstein
What's the connection between the Mormon Church's founder, Joseph Smith, and the geriatric but still notorious and imprisoned Charles Manson? There are lots of them.
Hundreds of Mormons Reenacted the Book of Mormon in Upstate New York Last Week
For a week and a half each July the seeds of Mormonism spread and germinate among a nightly crowd of thousands in the small town of Palmyra, New York, 24 miles east of Rochester. It’s free and open to non-Mormons like me, who are, as they say, “ready...
The Mormon Church No Longer Believes That Dark Skin Is a Punishment from God
In an article released this month by the Church of Latter-day Saints, leaders and historians are cited in what is meant to be an explicit disapproval of past racially restrictive policies. Yet an actual read of the article is disappointing.
