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Bedaubed by Aunt Peggy in the glory of the Telestial Kingdom. Mormon by heritage, if not by devotion. Friend to the "snakes in the pews." https://tokensandsigns.org
Thinking about how church leaders like to tout that the LDS Relief Society is "the largest women's organization in the world" as though to suggest that the LDS church is especially empowering for women.
Why are so many young women leaving Mormonism?
(RNS) — More than half of young adult women who grew up LDS have now left. Many are reacting against politics, purity culture and powerlessness.
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I have this very nerdy notion that I refuse to let go of, about creating an anthology of alternative Mormon history themed scenarios for the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game. But I think it's at the intersection of too niche of interests that no one else I tell seems much excited by it.
Legendary Latter-day Saint poet, playwright and activist Carol Lynn Pearson has died at age 86. "The Mormon people were truly blessed to have her as a companion," a historian says, "and the institution would have done well to listen to her.”
Legendary LDS writer and advocate Carol Lynn Pearson dies, leaves a final poem to her fans
Legendary Latter-day Saint poet, playwright and activist Carol Lynn Pearson has died at age 86. "The Mormon people were truly blessed to have her as a companion," a historian says, "and the institution would have done well to listen to her.”
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I had way too much fun helping prepare the activity for the #Sunstone closing banquet this year. Hope you like a good cryptography puzzle.
Adam and Eve are shocked to consider a world where they have no children in Mike Allred's Golden Plates (2017 ed). They also have emo eyeliner.
"Others grumbled that they’d been sent on grueling missions to proselytize for the Mormon Church in remote villages without any sort of influencer stipend." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Influencers Are Being Paid to Spread the Mormon Church's Gospel
Through its for-profit subsidiary, the church owns several advertising companies with influencer-marketing arms
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Rumours of Satanic Ritual Abuse have been having such a resurgence that even FAIR has made a video and article about it. To be clear, these rumours are baseless conspiracy theories that harm actual survivors of abuse and make it harder for them to obtain justice for crimes committed against them.
FAIR - Faithful Answers, Informed Response@ldsfair.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Mormon Satanic Abuse Cult Coverup! (Resources in comment below.)
Just reflecting again on how folks would talk about Rubio as some kind of moderate when this is who he's been the whole time, only now he finally feels comfortable enough to remove the mask.
🐝🐍The Grand Scoobah🔮🧙♀️@tokensandsigns.org · 4mo agoIt's popular to portray Marco Rubio as this guy who had a conscience but put it aside in the calculus of power and is now realizing he made a terrible, irredeemable mistake. Y'all are giving this man far too much credit. He didn't sell out. He showed his true colors. All of them did.
Those are some very tiny lines entering the blue section on the right. I know the LDS segment is small to begin with, but for such a missionary-focused group that's quite the oof.
Conservative LDS writer Cleon Skousen has been dead for 20 years. But his approach to the Bible and politics remains very much alive in the church and the nation.
Moses was the ‘first capitalist’ and Cain the ‘first socialist.’ Thus saith this LDS influencer from the past
Conservative LDS writer Cleon Skousen has been dead for 20 years. But his approach to the Bible and politics remains very much alive in the church and the nation.
sltrib.com
BYU professor Steven Peck's 2009 thriller, "A Short Stay in Hell," is exploding in popularity, "disturbing" whole new waves of readers.
Jana Riess: BYU prof’s novel ‘A Short Stay in Hell’ describes a disturbing fate: endless monotony
BYU professor Steven Peck's 2009 thriller, "A Short Stay in Hell," is exploding in popularity, "disturbing" whole new waves of readers.
sltrib.com
When my nephew says “We had to drop a few friends this week because they weren’t progressing…” it seems like “friend” is probably not the right word to be using.
Getting diarrhea like, "Hope this isn't the diarrhea that was on the news"
Am I the only one? The rebranding of "investigators" receiving proselytizing visits from the LDS missionaries to now being called "friends" is so incredibly off-putting. It comes off so creepy, cringey, and phony. My gut clenches every time I hear it.
People paying $12 per gallon to drink cheaper-to-produce, unpasteurized milk will honestly tell you that they are the smart ones and the rest of us are the suckers.
My picky six-year-old eats practically nothing all day long, every day. It's a mystery how they don't wither away. The only possible explanation is that they sustain themself on our souls.
All these manosphere influencers realize the male lions ain't shit and female lions do 90% of the hunting and protection of the pride, right?
This is a fantastic interview on how churches and other institutions can better protect their members from abuse and the importance of mandatory reporting. One of the best commentaries on the subject that I've seen.
What the LDS Church could do now to safeguard its most vulnerable members
LDS Church’s policies and practices in responding to abuse don’t go far enough to protect the vulnerable, says expert.
sltrib.com
Christian Identity used to be a very fringe movement with maybe 50,000 adherents at its peak in the 1980s and 90s. But its rhetoric and worldview have now seeped into mainstream white evangelicalism to an alarming degree. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
"Basically Church Type Stuff:" Old Timey Christian Americanism and the Rhizomatic History of American Fascism
Or, the crucial but sometimes fuzzy distinction between a) being a White American Christian, and b) being influenced by a violent, White Christian Supremacist variety of conspiratorial, antisemitic Am...
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