Author Archives: Mithryn

Critical Thinking, Logic, and Skepticism for Children Course: Lesson 4 (Patterns)

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Mithryn

Opening song: If there’s a question bothering your brain                                                               … Continue reading →

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Critical Thinking, Logic, and Skepticism for Children Course: Lesson 3 (Types of Reasoning)

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Mithryn

Lesson 3: Review Homework.  Let each child read their essay, and explain how it felt to think as someone else. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning: The Premise: A premise is a statement that an argument claims will induce or justify a … Continue reading →

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Ezra T. Benson and the marketing gimmick

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Mithryn

In October of 1988, Ezra T. Benson, then prophet of the church, gave a speech that would become the defining characteristic of his presidency. The talk was entitled “Flooding the Earth with the Book of Mormon.” I was but a … Continue reading →

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Our own peek into the First Presidency vault

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Mithryn

On postmormon.org and mormoncurtain.com there is a list of items found in the First Presidency vault. This list is every item on that list, linked to any document outside the vault (scan, photo reproduction, or, in some cases, a BYU article … Continue reading →

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Wilford Woodruff pants on fire: Pure Mormonism exposes old time GA BS

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Mithryn

http://puremormonism.blogspot.com/2013/04/wilford-woodruffs-pants-are-on-fire.html The basic upshot is that the founding fathers had their work done for them multiple times before they appeared to Wilford Woodruff. In other words, Wilford was caught in a blatant lie. Kudos to Pure Mormonism for finding this.

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Benson Bullsh*t: Grab your gun and fight the commies

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Mithryn

  Ezra T. Benson President Benson is typically listed as being the “Secretary of Agriculture under Eisenhower” by the church, in order to lend his presidency credibility. While this is true, this doesn’t incorporate the full story of Benson. Benson … Continue reading →

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A lack of evidence doesn’t show an evidence of lack: A new perspective

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Mithryn

Often, when I begin discussing Mesoamerican details with members of the church, they say something similar to the following: “We haven’t found gold in Mesoamerica…yet!” “Lack of evidence doesn’t mean an evidence of lack.We could still find horses in Pre-Columbian … Continue reading →

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By their fruits ye shall know them (Dean L. Larsen)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Mithryn

This post comes from man_without_wax on reddit.  He picked up on this, and it was too good not to share: “I’ve been thinking a lot about the phrase ‘by your fruits ye shall know them’ and how it is used … Continue reading →

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Ryan Cragun’s “What You Don’t Know About Religion”

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Mithryn

http://mormonstories.org/ryan-cragun/ User takingstock challenged me to review Ryan Cragun’s podcast with John Dehlin about his book: What You Don’t Know About Religion (but should). Now, I’ve been trained as an economist, and part of that were statistic classes. Part of … Continue reading →

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James E. Faust’s little white lie about kissing

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Mithryn

James E. Faust (First Presidency): We must wait for the proper season in life to use some sacred gifts; we must prepare for that season. I did not kiss my wife until we were engaged to be married. I have tried … Continue reading →

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