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Challenging Mormonism ― Okay, the little books are out of the way. Isaiah is behind us. Smooth sailing on through Mosiah. ∙ Existence Does Not Equal Veracity ∙ King Benjamin's advice to his sons contains some oddities: ∙ O my sons, I would that ye...
Tags: Brainwashing, Book Of Mormon Commentary, Mormonism, Book Of Mormon, Liahona, King Benjamin
Phantasmatron ― 1 day ago
Challenging Mormonism ― In another experimentation with non-linear storytelling, Joseph Smith inserts a little aside from Mormon, who wouldn't live for another few hundred years after the Book of Mormon's current events. ∙ Mormon mentions that King Benjamin had to...
Tags: Book Of Mormon Commentary, Mormonism, Mormon, Book Of Mormon, Us Versus Them, War
Phantasmatron ― 3 days ago
Challenging Mormonism ― Here we have one of the more memorable standalone stories in the Book of Mormon. Enos, son of Jacob, demonstrates a truly epic example of the power prayer after the words of his father causes his soul to "hunger." ∙ Enos Finds a Cheat Code...
Tags: Anachronism, God, Book Of Mormon Commentary, Prayer, Book Of Mormon, Faith
Phantasmatron ― 1 week 2 days ago
Challenging Mormonism ― I've been thinking about the Articles of Faith lately. ∙ More specifically, I've been thinking about the hypocrisies and fallacies contained in the LDS Articles of Faith. Mormons still present them as the basic tenets of their faith ...
Tags: Revelation, Prophecy, Church Culture, Ordinances, Book Of Mormon, Church Leadership
Phantasmatron ― 1 week 3 days ago
Challenging Mormonism ― Now that we've gotten some boring preaching out of the way, let's get back to some story. In this chapter, we meet Sherem, the first in a series of silvertongued, anti-church, anti-Christ demagogues. The illustrious Jacob, prophet of God and...
Tags: Storytelling, Revelation, Laman And Lemuel, Signs, Book Of Mormon Commentary, Book Of Mormon
Phantasmatron ― 2 weeks 5 days ago
Love Woke Me Up This Morning ― "Shhh! Bring your voice down!" ∙ I hear this a lot. I'll get really excited about something, or simply talk, and as I go on I can hear it. The volume of my voice raises (sometimes gets really squeaky) and I know people are noticing. But I...
Tags: Music, Vampires, Book Of Mormon, Loud
LoveWokeMeUp ― 3 weeks 3 days ago
Challenging Mormonism ― Jacob Mixes his Metaphors ∙ Jacob just got finished relating a very complicated vineyard allegory in which the prophets were servants in the vineyard and the people (both Israelites and Gentiles) were represented by various branches of ...
Tags: Jacob, Doublethink, Book Of Mormon Commentary, Mormonism, Book Of Mormon
Phantasmatron ― 4 weeks 4 days ago
Challenging Mormonism ― This chapter is a beast. ∙ It's seventy-seven very verbose verses about trees and vineyards, Lords and servants, roots and branches, digging and pruning, grafting and burning, wild fruit and tame fruit and a whole lot of symbolism. But ...
Tags: God, Book Of Mormon Commentary, Prophets, Book Of Mormon, Literature
Phantasmatron ― 5 weeks 3 days ago
The Show Must Go On ― The Book of Mormon, the musical satirist that is touring the United States, still winning and reviews, day after day, since the project began its career on Broadway on Feb. 24, telling the life of the founder of the Mormons. ∙ If there is a...
Tags: Musical, Book Of Mormon Tickets, United States, Broadway, The Book Of Mormon, 2013
Antonio Perez ― 5 weeks 6 days ago
Running, Writing, and Chasing the Dragon ― My third 20 miler for the Bayshore marathon is done. Painful and hard, and my training has been such that I had no idea what to expect, but then again, that's kind of why we do this. The run was at a slow pace but some of my faster miles were in...
Tags: Marathon Training, Hasa Dia Eebowai, Eminem, Book Of Mormon, 20 Mile Long Runs
Mark Matthews ― 6 weeks 3 days ago
Challenging Mormonism ― Commanding the Elements ∙ Jacob overstates the power of faith in verse 6: ∙ ...and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very ...
Tags: Jacob, Miracles, Book Of Mormon Commentary, Mormonism, Book Of Mormon, Holy Ghost
Phantasmatron ― 8 weeks 2 days ago
Challenging Mormonism ― And So The Endless Role-Swapping Begins ∙ As Jacob continues to censure his people about their wickedness, he makes the point that the Lamanites are more righteous because they don't practice polygamy or any other "whoredoms." And so, less...
Tags: Jacob, Polygamy, God, Book Of Mormon Commentary, Mormonism, Book Of Mormon
Phantasmatron ― 9 weeks 3 days ago
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