[…] was Joseph Smith or Brigham Young who first instituted plural marriage. Second, during a period of intense national attention on the Utah territory, they felt the burden of being seen as closet Brighamites. Both […]
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[…] wrote into the act itself a way to ensure the same racist result as the scientifically racist National Origins Formula that the act ostensibly abolished. Instead of excluding migrants for not having white ancestors, […]
[…] on its current missionary program. This decree, applying to all religious organizations to guarantee “the maintenance of national unity, security, and stability,” forbids religious proselyting when it: 1. Directs its efforts towards a person […]
Thoreau wrote in the beginning of Walden, “I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.” […]
[…] observed that “many who look to Sherlock Holmes as the supreme literary spokesman for rationalism feel dismay and bewilderment about his creator having become a leading champion of a doctrine that seems at odds […]
As anti-war demonstrations gained in size and frequency throughout the Western world during the Gulf War, it is doubtful that many Latter-day Saints took part, if experience during earlier conflicts is anything to judge […]
[…] abstinence.” The church hierarchy had cause for concern. The birth rate among Mormons was declining, mirroring a national trend. The birth rate among Latter-day Saints has always exceeded the national rate, but in 1910 […]
[…] my five-year-old daughter Emily. She had been created by new genetic techniques developed by their powerful company and they insisted, “Her place will be great in the new world order.” Over the last few […]
[…] It is the thing that explains why there needed to be a restoration in the first place and in some ways establishes the contours of that Restoration. At least since the beginning of the […]