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The Rapid Fall of Nephite Society: Another Book of Mormon Weakness Begins to Make More Sense

  As I saw troubling reports and videos this week of students at the once-great Harvard University and other major universities harassing Jewish students for being Jewish or chanting in…

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Can We Have an Honest Chat About Abortion and Race? Not With ChatGPT

    Curious about the knowledge of the impressive new Artificial Intelligence tool, ChatGPT, I started my day with a question about abortion and race. This tool, now owned by…

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AP’s Narrative-Based Reporting on the Church’s Handling of an Abuse Case in Arizona

The Associated Press recently published an article about a case of abuse in Arizona that sharply criticized the Church. In “Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it…

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How to Talk to Concerned Church Members Who Are “COVID Policy Doubters” (CPDs)

Some Latter-day Saints, probably only a minority, were frustrated with a recent request from Church leaders. Some of the frustration might be lessened after carefully considering the wording of the…

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DNA Science vs. Scripture: The Book of Mormon is Not the Only Target for Confused Attacks

Misunderstanding of both DNA-related science and the nature of the Book of Mormon led to premature rejoicing in some circles over the alleged refutation of that key scriptural text for…

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Kermit Gosnell, Puppy Killer: High-Profile Story from an Alternate Universe

In a not-too-distant parallel universe, nearly everyone in America has been following the gruesome details during each shocking day of the trial of Kermit Gosnell, puppy killer. For decades, Kermit…

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Responding to Bloomberg’s Insulting Cover Story, “Inside the Mormon Empire”

Some folks are ablaze over the insulting and trashy cover on Bloomberg Businessweek‘s latest issue featuring a story on how the Mormon Church makes money. Painfully illustrating what can happen…

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Quoted in USA Today on the Issue of Romney and Anti-Mormon Bias

“Mormon Bias Still Part of Politics” by Dennis Wagner is an article in USA Today that came out Nov. 24, 2011. Dennis writes both for USA Today and the Arizona…

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