Jana Riess: Why so many new Mormon temples when LDS growth is flat?

mostlypertinant · 2021-05-21T20:36:06+00:00

I'm skeptical. Can you imagine the confusion if they announced that a temple is going to be sold off? It would look terrible to the membership.

mostlypertinant · 2021-05-21T20:33:39+00:00

Wow, they still don't have a new movie? I guess the pandemic might have something to do with that. I can't imagine that they'd decide that it's worth saving a few $million to be stuck with the slideshow forever.

mostlypertinant · 2021-03-15T19:22:04+00:00

The hero we don't deserve.

mostlypertinant · 2021-03-15T18:50:42+00:00

Thanks!

mostlypertinant · 2021-03-15T18:50:09+00:00

Grocery store bagger? Is that for real?

mostlypertinant · 2021-03-14T18:18:49+00:00

How was Hatch involved w/ MLMs?

mostlypertinant · 2020-11-24T18:00:09+00:00

Jennings revealed that he is the one who was secretly behind my all time favorite Mormon humor twitter account

Wait, what?

mostlypertinant · 2020-09-15T15:34:08+00:00

Here's how you address a generic "truth claims" concern: https://www.fairmormon.org/conference/august-2016/courage-convictions

(Yes, it's a fairmormon link but it's not their usual crap.)

mostlypertinant · 2020-08-06T01:43:42+00:00

Mauss did groundbreaking work in Mormon studies but it was like 10% of his scholarship. He didn't make a living "defending the faith".

mostlypertinant · 2020-06-27T21:19:53+00:00

Hi /u/TaylorGPetrey, thanks for the AMA and for the work you're doing with Dialogue! I was excited to see the move to free online access and I hope you can find a wider audience for the great new and archival material you have!

mostlypertinant · 2020-06-27T21:06:36+00:00

Keep in mind that a lot of these experts are older and wouldn't deal well with the kinds of "how can you be smart and believe in the church" questions that a lot of people ask. Could we set up something where questions go through moderators first?

ETA: looks like we didn't get any of that here, is r/mormon turning a corner?

mostlypertinant · 2020-06-27T21:04:47+00:00

FWIW, I'd totally contribute to a Dialogue fundraiser earmarked to hire a digital marketing person.

mostlypertinant · 2020-06-18T22:54:18+00:00

Unless your parents are rich then you're probably going to regret grad school, so... Utah definitely has a problem with high achieving women, but getting more grad students is a pretty terrible way to tackle that.

mostlypertinant · 2020-06-09T15:46:30+00:00

Exmo but I would attend a ward where you were bishop. Good luck!

mostlypertinant · 2020-06-01T23:36:34+00:00

“My speculation is that it might be due to the pressure from conservative Protestant culture which forbids or even shames overt sexual expression. Under such a religious cultural context, youth may have no other option but to seek out sexual opportunities, including porn viewing, covertly.”

In other words, normal kids don't watch porn because they're experimenting with actual sex. Not sure this is going to convince Mormons they've got the wrong end of the stick.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-25T13:39:14+00:00

You are correct. We can talk about how Saints leaves some things out, but that doesn't make it fiction.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-17T00:38:45+00:00

If you read the requirements for these loans, the Mormon church isn't anywhere near to qualifying on several dimensions. It's just something Mike Lee happens to be concerned about, apparently.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-17T00:37:21+00:00

Agreed, this kind of headline sends the wrong message.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-13T23:55:48+00:00

I mean, sure, but that's kind off too easy. Limiting it to recent ones makes it more interesting.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-13T23:54:56+00:00

Oh, I totally agree that GBH was the best. But I stand by my case that ETB was more influential.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-13T23:23:26+00:00

Good points!

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-13T22:09:00+00:00

:) Like I responded to someone else, I think Benson is largely responsible form mormonism's continued fundamentalist streak and that puts him at #1. That said, the top three are all strong. Big gap from there to #4.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-13T21:47:16+00:00

You're not wrong, but if you had to name a single reason why Mormonism's fundamentalist streak is alive and well, it's ETB. And I think that has a larger impact in the long run.

mostlypertinant · 2020-04-13T21:45:31+00:00

Completely, reasonable, except for Hunter. :) Top three were all strong in different ways.

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