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There is None Like Me
This podcast episode lays out the big picture — many doctrines, but the overall big picture — and concept of how the LDS faith differs from Christianity and can be seen as totally sacrilegious. It’s all the “plan of salvation” and family of God. The whole point of “coming to earth” being to become a… Continue reading
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Do Not Go Beyond What is Written
Let me share a scripture I found last Sunday that hit me pretty hard as anti-Book of Mormon. In 1 Corinthians 1-4, Paul is responding to a disunity situation in Corinth. People are bragging over who they heard the gospel from, claiming a special baptism, and causing contention by arguing over points they learned from… Continue reading
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Other Sheep Not of This Fold
Without adding to the accepted doctrines in the Bible, would it be so awful to believe that God speaks to His children outside of Israel, in other places of the world? And maybe they wrote it down? And if it basically says all the same stuff as the Bible, where is the offense? If it… Continue reading
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The Most High Does Not Live in Houses Made by Human Hands
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple…” Mormons know this scripture. They use it to say that you should keep your body healthy and abstain from harmful substances. Not a bad message, but this is not what this passage is about. Nowhere in this letter to the Corinthians does Paul ever talk about… Continue reading
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Feelings
I’m a very logical person. I always said “The gospel just makes so much sense” (the gospel, meaning the LDS church). I can explain why on another day. But in 2023 church began to feel really empty. I was feeling alone and invisible, not to mention bored. I was feeling really empty when I came… Continue reading
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I’m Allowed to Have Needs
I’m allowed to feel my feelings. I’m allowed to feel disappointed. I’m allowed to have needs. I’m allowed to ask for community when I’m struggling. This is what the body of Christ is about! And I’m not afraid to own that. In the LDS church, there’s a very common (thoughtless) response. If you’re offended, it’s… Continue reading
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Thankful For Hard Times
“Does Molly know I wear clothes?” my daughter tentatively asks me, with trepidation on her face. “Yes. Remember? We saw her at that potluck a few weeks ago.” “I don’t know.” Conversations you never thought you’d be having with your kid. Then there’s the time we snuck dog urine pads into a social event so… Continue reading
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That They May Always Have His Spirit to be With Them
In a class I attended, Christian beliefs were being presented “in contrast” to Mormon beliefs, which gets kind of confusing when they believe the same thing, but they’re trying to make it sound like it’s different and Christians are better. Mormons: the gift of the Holy Ghost makes it so you can always have the… Continue reading
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Does the Book of Mormon Teach Mormonism?
This is the title of a great episode on the Clairity podcast. Finally! Someone points out all these things I’ve been catching myself! As it turns out, the Book of Mormon really does not teach Mormonism (meaning the Mormon church). The book and the institution are not a match. And the other branches of Mormonism… Continue reading
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Deny Yourself of all Ungodliness
“As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” (1Peter 1:14-16)” This is a Bible verse calling us out of our… Continue reading
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