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UNDERSTANDING Mormon Disbelief Why do some Mormons lose their testimony, and what happens to them when they do?   March 2012 Results from a 2011 online survey of >3000 Mormons who at one time believed their Church was true, but no longer believe Table of Contents Survey background, methodology, and disclaimers   1. Church involvement of disbelievers 2. Current self-identification Read more...

Resources on faith, spiritual witnesses, and epistemology – great list of links on how you think you know what ‘you know.’ Read more...

Produced by the Church. Begins to introduce some of the more difficult aspects of Mormon history in an accessible format.   A New Narrative History Read the inspiring true story of the women and men who dedicated their lives to establishing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Volume 1, The Standard of Truth, 1815–1846 and Read more...

Podcast series produced by the LDS Church telling its own history accompanies the book series. While many complicated issues are addressed for the first time in this sort of accessible format, critics will note that the narratives are very apologist in nature, white-washed, and the podcast hosts gaslight audience members who aren’t aware of issues like the extent of Joseph’s Read more...

On Saturday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints replaced its men-only session at its General Conference with a women’s session for the first time. (Previously, men had their own meetings at every twice-yearly conference, and women met annually on a different weekend.) The president of the church, 94-year-old Russell Nelson, used the historic session to issue Mormon women a Read more...

Why is it that people from different religions feel the same thing about the truth of their religion? Mormons say “I know it’s true.” Is that ‘knowing’ based on facts – or emotions? Read more...

Helpful if you are learning mixed drinks for the first time.   I’ve been working as a bartender for close to 20 years and for the last 6 years I have been operating a mobile cocktail bar for events. I now focus my time sharing easy to follow cocktail tutorials on YouTube, running a barware store online and distilling gin Read more...

Many people think of mind control as an ambiguous, mystical process that cannot be defined in concrete terms. In reality, mind control refers to a specific set of methods and techniques, such as hypnosis or thought-stopping, that influence how a person thinks, feels, and acts. Based on research and theory by Robert Jay Lifton, Margaret Singer, Edgar Schein, Louis Jolyon Read more...

Natasha Helfer is well-known in the post and nuanced-Mormon world. A frequent podcast host and guest, she and her cadre of therapist and coaches have experience with the full spectrum of faith. …they ‘get’ you.   Symmetry Solutions is an on-line practice with two subsidiaries: a branch that offers Wellness Coaching, Consultation and Educational services – SYMMETRY WELLNESS and a branch that offers Mental Read more...

Lest you think that your sacred name was inspired just for you…   Want to see the temple name of any member based on their endowment date? Here you go.   As part of the temple endowment ceremony each Mormon receives a new name which they are instructed that they “should always remember and which (they) must keep sacred and Read more...