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The Law of Consecration Timeline

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Mithryn

6 April, 1830 – Church founded. End of April, 1830 – Joseph Smith leads mission to Colesville to Joseph Knight, casts devil out of Newel Knight who is floating on the ceiling.  Colesville saints feel special, being the only members … Continue reading →

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Exploring Mormon Institute 2013 – D&C Lesson 10: “This is My Voice unto All”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Mithryn

Compare[1] Purpose To illustrate that thinking the scriptures apply to us is “magic” thinking and that the church basically teaches a form of divination through it. Attention Activity Imagine that you saw an old woman in a turban, with stars … Continue reading →

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Exploring Mormon Institute 2013 – D&C Lesson 9: “The Only True and Living Church”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Mithryn

Compare[1] Purpose To help students understand that there is very little that is unique to the LDS faith, and that a lot was borrowed from other sources. This plays into the LDS idea that the church came from an original … Continue reading →

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Exploring Mormon Institute 2013- D&C Lesson 8: “The Restoration of the Priesthood”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Mithryn

Compare[1] Purpose To question the restoration of the priesthood events and story as we’ve heard it from correlated manuals. To make people think about why the story is so different and why the correlation committee changed the parts they did. … Continue reading →

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Nephites and earrings (one pair), tattoos, and extreme body modifications

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Mithryn

Mayan, Aztec, and Inca body art Some body decorations were permanent. The Mayans squeezed the skulls of the most privileged infants between two boards to elongate and flatten their heads and tried to promote crossed eyes by hanging a ball … Continue reading →

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Senior missionaries called to care for for-profit business: The Elk Ranch

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Mithryn

Tending the Flock (Deseret News. July 10, 2000). Is the Church Sacrificing Principle for Profit With Hunting Preserves? (Mormon Matters. September 24, 2009). “And surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, to save your lives; and the blood of every … Continue reading →

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Battlestar Galactica and Mormonism

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Mithryn

Observations on the correlation between Battlestar Galactica and the LDS Church.

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“Mormons have Horns” already a rumor in 1842. “Because they wore hats in the 1950s” explanation officially debunked.

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Mithryn

Joseph Smith Diary, 31 December, 1842 (emphasis added): As Gen[eral] Law came to the head of the stairs, Some men observed, “There goes [Joseph] Smith the Prophet and a great looking man he is.” And (said another) “As damned a rascal … Continue reading →

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Ann Rowley Biscuit story from conference – second hand, no original document

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Mithryn

Ann Jewell Rowley Autobiography: 1807-1888 In Conference, from the pulpit in 2012, and yet demonstrably has no good source. Pure hypocrisy for FAIR/The Maxwell Institute not to call out apostles who use this kind of bad source in Conference, but to … Continue reading →

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Horse Skull Hoax known by FAIR/The Maxwell Institute, not corrected or removed

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Mithryn

Our Collective Responsibility: The Ethics and Practice of Archaeological Collections Stewardship, ed. S. Terry Childs, Washington, D. C.: Society for American Archaeology, 2004 In this case those conclusions are testable. In 2002 I was contacted by Dr. Stephen Jones of … Continue reading →

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