Discussing Your Religion: Baptisms for the Dead
Posted by Trevor in Religion on 09. Oct, 2014 | No Comments Yet
What Mormons think when you say “baptism for the dead” versus what non-Mormons think.
Playing the “Sacred” Card
Posted by Trevor in Religion on 07. Apr, 2014 | No Comments Yet
The LDS Church PR department has played the “sacred” card in response to Ordain Women. Does this move unintentionally reveal their hand?
McKay and the Endowment Ceremony
Posted by Trevor in Religion on 14. Apr, 2012 | 1 Comment
The following is taken verbatim from Greg Prince’s biography David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. It recounts some of President McKay’s concerns with the temple endowment ceremony, particularly with how younger people might interpret it. Ever since the endowment was introduced by Joseph Smith, who adopted many symbols from masonry into it, […]
A Temple to Sail the Waters
Posted by Trevor in Religion on 24. Jun, 2011 | No Comments Yet
The following is taken verbatim from Greg Prince’s impressive biography David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism. In the 1960s, LDS Church membership was just beginning to flourish outside the U.S., and this brought with it the challenge of catering to Latter-day Saints living in dispersed numbers across the globe. McKay was the first […]