Saturday, June 10, 2023

Ron Ormond, Estus Pirkle and those hellfire and damnation films

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  -- I like the Mormon definition of hell. It’s called Sons of Perdition, which to me has always sounded like a sequel to the Laurel & H...
Monday, May 29, 2023

Review: Convicting the Mormons: The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture

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  Review by Doug Gibson The Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857 was a horrific atrocity. It was unfortunately not an uncommon occurrence in t...
Monday, May 15, 2023

John Corrill was an older Christian convert to the early Mormon church

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 --- The early years of the Mormon Church are distinct for its young converts, with 20-something apostles embracing the progressive, radical...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Mormon Thunder recaps the life of Jedediah Morgan Grant

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  ---- Review by Doug Gibson --- Jedediah Grant was possessed of looks reserved for movie matinee idols, the counselor to Brigham Young was ...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

H. Dean Thompson was a teacher, historian, comedian, marimba player

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  ---- ( Originally published on April 22, 2011 . I am rescuing from archive oblivion this great Cal Grondahl cartoon that went with origina...
Friday, March 31, 2023

C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce, and the LDS Spirit World

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--- A couple of times a year, usually on a Sunday after church, I re-read C.S. Lewis’ marvelous post-mortal novella/fable “ The Great Divorc...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Secular appeal helped Utah to be a big hit at 1893 Chicago Congress

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  I n contrast to the Mormon Church’s bitter rejection at the 1893 Chicago Parliament of Religions, the territory of Utah was warmly receive...