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Robert Sapolsky is one of the most revered scientists alive today. He made his name from his work studying wild baboons in Kenya, unpicking how their complex social lives lead to stress and how that affects their health. His most recent focus, however, has been on something rather different – a boo...

Do we really blame the church for the choices of this man? There are plenty of missionaries who don't find themselves wanting to rape women. I think we risk not holding him entirely accountable for his behaviour if we give him excuses and blame the church. We all know that rape is wrong. The statem...

A 19-year-old man serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah County was arrested Saturday for allegedly raping a woman. He now faces a slew of charges including first-degree felony rape, court documents show. Saratoga Springs police officers said they were called ...

Coincidentally, that same Proprietor decided to create a blog post attacking another religion today: … this article expresses quite well some of my objections to Calvinist theology: “Why Calvinism Cannot Be True And Is It Heresy?” I’ve never forgotten a comment that John Sanders, another Protestant...

In a comment on a video about the benefits of religion, Alan makes this sweeping generalisation about parents… Good video. I seriously agree with Haidt on the matters he is discussing. I don't hold out much hope for what he is proposing, however, for two reasons. (1) change takes work, and most adul...

This Deseret News article by Samuel Wilkinson caught my attention: “Want to be happy? Try helping other people: The author of ‘Purpose’ explains the benefits of helping others, with no thought of reward.” https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeterson/2024/05/observations-on-two-simple-passages.html The...

Does this mean FAIR thinks the official Church essays haven’t done a good enough job?

What's so funny is that he's been claiming over and over that he was hamstrung by the Church's own rules. But of course, he's only doing this after the fact. None of his old blog entries show him lifting so much as a pinkie finger to check up on Frenchy's records, or anything like that. Heck, he di...

During a recent open house and media day for a new house of the Lord, I led a group of journalists on a tour through the sacred structure. I described the purposes of temples in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and responded to their many excellent questions. Before entering the cele...

Sometimes trying to support lds theology over all else really ties the arguments up in knots. Here's a certain mopologist explaining the nature of relationships after death: ...here are some examples of Christian (and other) marriage vows that I’ve easily located online. They demonstrate that the d...