Sunday, February 20, 2022

B.H. Roberts biography provides an interesting review of his public life

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  Review by Doug Gibson John Sillito, professor emeritus of libraries at Weber State University in my home city of Ogden, Utah, has done a r...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

Maher’s ‘Religulous’ is funny but not too complicated

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  B ill Maher’s “ Religulous ,” a film screed against religion, is very funny and has a lot of truth to it. Religion is pretty screwed up. M...
Sunday, January 9, 2022

So what exactly is a Son of Perdition?

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W e Mormons have a name for hell — it’s called Sons of Perdition. We’re pretty confident that Satan, Cain and Judas will be residents there,...
Sunday, December 26, 2021

I guess I was a missionary who wasn’t pressured to baptize

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(This piece was posted to the now-defunct StandardBlogs in July 2013 ). Before I get into my subject, memo to Sunstone fans; the June 2013 i...
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Sunday, November 28, 2021

Is it DeMille, Spielberg or Jackson who wants to direct a movie on Alma?

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(Originally published in 2010 on StandardBlogs) A lifetime of activity in the LDS Church provides more than just an average acquaintance wit...
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Thursday, November 11, 2021

All those Mormons who think R-rated films are taboo are wrong

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  Originally posted in 2009 at StandardBlogs A couple of years ago my oldest daughter’s accelerated fifth-grade class viewed a film version ...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

More Cal Grondahl Standard Works cartoons

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Here's another sample of Cal Grondahl's Standard Works cartoons, done over a several-year period, roughly about 2009 to early 2014. ...