by Thinker of Thoughts | May 3, 2014 | Mormonism
“My testimony of the truthfulness of the Church is not based on church history!” That is a common response heard when believing Mormons are confronted with conflicting or controversial accounts from LDS church history, such as Joseph Smith’s proposal...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Dec 20, 2013 | Mormonism
[toc] A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the exchange of letters between LDS sociologist Dr. Lowry Nelson and the First Presidency of the LDS Church on the issue of racism surrounding the ban on blacks receiving the priesthood. As far as I know, that was the first...