Archive for: June, 2012
The Myth of the Hyphenated Mormon
Over the last few years I have watched as more and more individuals seek to carve up the church into self-imposed groups and sub groups. Undoubtedly this has been going on in one form or another since 1830, I am now seeing more and more of my peers preface their religious affiliation with a hyphen. […]
Breaking Commandments in the Name of Loving Our Neighbors?
On Sunday June 3rd about 300 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dressed in their Sunday best gathered in downtown Salt Lake City to march in the Gay Pride Parade. Without making any reference to homosexuality I was openly critical of these members for breaking the Sabbath in such a way. […]
Politics and Moral Issues
You know what confuses me, so many “liberals” in the church are liberals simply because they think people should help the less fortunate and do so by supporting their position with the scriptures. While helping the poor is one of our most important duties, for some reason they think that socialism is the only way […]