Mormon Stories - LDS
Summary: Mormon Stories podcast is an attempt to explore and build understanding between and about Mormons through the telling of stories in both audio and video formats.
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Podcasts:
David O. McKay presented a dramatic contrast to his predecessors: an athletic, movie-star-handsome, clean-shaven figure who often wore a white double-breasted suit; contrasted to the dark-suited, bearded polygamists (or, in the case of George Albert Smith, son of a polygamist) who preceded him as Church President ever since Joseph Smith. In an age prior to professional image-makers, he instinctively grasped the importance of appearance, and coupled it to the substance of a professional educator to become an icon of Mormonism whose persona did much to change the negative image of the Church in much of the world.
Today we interview a young man named Hyrum, founder of the thechurchisnottrue.com web site. In this interview, Hyrum tells his story of why he left the Mormon church.
David O. McKay presented a dramatic contrast to his predecessors: an athletic, movie-star-handsome, clean-shaven figure who often wore a white double-breasted suit; contrasted to the dark-suited, bearded polygamists (or, in the case of George Albert Smith, son of a polygamist) who preceded him as Church President ever since Joseph Smith. In an age prior to professional image-makers, he instinctively grasped the importance of appearance, and coupled it to the substance of a professional educator to become an icon of Mormonism whose persona did much to change the negative image of the Church in much of the world.
I served an LDS mission in Guatemala in the late 1980s. As my mission progressed, we began to average over 700 baptisms per month, with some companionships baptizing over 40 in one month. When I tried to talk with my mission president about the issue--it got messy. Today we claim 12+ million in the Church, but truth be told, less than 1/2 of them actually consider themselves Mormon....and thus the reason why activity rates are so closely guarded.
An Introduction, PBS’s “The Mormons”, and an Ensign Articleq
Mitt Romney, Mormonism and Recent Coverage in the New York Times and on Good Morning America
The Mountain Meadows Massacre.
LDS Church Finances and the “Approaching Mormon History” Press Release
The Other “One True Church” and the Obama/Mitt Romney Scuttle over Sex Education
The Other “One True Church” and the Obama/Mitt Romney Scuttle over Sex Education
A Review of “States of Grace” and “Orthodox Paradox”
Big Love and Mormon Fundamentalist Polygamy Part 1
Mormon Fundamentalist Polygamy Part 2
Our Favorite Books on Mormonism
Inoculating the Saints (with Kevin Barney, Blake Ostler and Mike Ash)
