[…] documents such as the 1909 First Presidency statement and the 1995 “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.” Unlike the traditional Christian interpretation of gendered terminology relating to God as metaphorical, Mormons interpret gendered […]
[…] find parallels between almost any two cultures by chance. Furthermore, missionaries now teach in much of the world, and knowledge of different cultures has grown dramatically, but any credible “found tribe” story has yet […]
[…] He proposed that rocks fall downward when dropped because of their nature. After all, everything in the world was made up of four elements: earth, air, water, and fire. A rock, made of earth, […]
[…] that early Mormons found refuge without violence or conflict. This folktale is untrue. Although convinced of Native American’s ancient Lamanite ancestry, Mormon pioneers inhabited foreign land that did not belong to them and massacred […]
[…] demanded action. A bold move was necessary, and it was my job to execute it. Lara was breaking unspoken rules. She craved an equal voice with her husband, but no one wanted to give […]
[…] deviants like Jesuits, Quakers, and Enthusiasts by labeling them vagabonds and disorderly persons, then penalizing them for breaking vagrancy law. Skeptical witchcraft legislation continued to be developed in the American colonies and then the […]
[…] in the next life warning that “those who attempt to prevent their offspring from coming into the world in obedience to this great command, are guilty of one of the most heinous crimes in […]
[…] voters in the South through the so-called “force bill,” and prospects were not at all good for breaking the Democratic grasp on the vote from that section. The West certainly appeared to hold more […]
[…] the residents of other rural, modest-sized communities in the Great Basin. Fundamentalists are aware of the “ world” around them and carry on a running debate about the problem of being in the world […]
[…] polygamy. Therefore it should not surprise us that polygamy has been practiced in many parts of the world. Plural marriage has been found in India, Nepal, China, the Middle East, Africa, Indonesia, Australia, in […]