Archive for February, 2006

I must expressed how grateful, and thoroughly touched I am at the generous donations I have received for Mormon Stories thus far. I feel like full disclosure is super important, so I’m listing the donations I’ve received so far, while still protecting the anonymity of the donors. As I spend this money, I also...
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I have been lightly bombarded with kind suggestions to provide other sources on the topic. Here are a few:From Armand Mauss: Dispelling the curse of Cain: or, How to Explain the Old Priesthood Ban Without Looking Ridiculous Neither White Nor Black Newell Bringhurst’s Saints, Slaves, and Blacks All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of...
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Today we begin a 2 part series on New Order Mormonism.  New Order Mormons’ web site can be found here.  According to their web site, “New Order Mormons are those who no longer believe some (or much) of the dogma or doctrines of the LDS church, but who want to maintain membership for cultural...
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For the past 2 weeks, my 8 and 10 year old daughters were both taught in Sunday School that blacks were descendants of Cain, and that’s why they didn’t get the priesthood until 1978. In celebration of this momentous event in our family , I’m gonna soon do a podcast on Mormons, Negroes/Blacks and...
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Today, 2 listeners independently suggested to me that I allow for donations on the site to help support the Mormon Stories podcast. Many of you may know that last month I had to take down the MP3s for about 4 or 5 days because I was set to exceed my bandwidth allotment for the...
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It’s 2/1, so we’re all back up! Thanks for listening. John
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