TowardzionSep 1, 202112 minOf Dreams and DaybellsToday, commentators, progressive post-Mormons, are apoplectic at the rise of those promoting personal revelation like infamous Chad Daybell
TowardzionApr 27, 20205 minMonogamy Wins for Time Only - Polygamy Part 4We discussed earlier the lying and secrecy by Wilford Woodruff and Joseph F Smith as it pertained to polygamy leaving the Church with the...
TowardzionApr 22, 202031 minChoose Your Own Adventure - Polygamy Part 3In 1841, the idea of [1]spiritual wifery was being openly promoted by John C. Bennett but was in the cultural water with respect to...
TowardzionApr 16, 202017 minLooking though History Backwards - Polygamy Part 2Almost all histories relating to Mormon polygamy are written in a way that contextualizes all points of data into one seamless narrative...
TowardzionApr 13, 202014 minRiddles in the Dark - Mormon Polygamy Part 1The CES Letter spends quite a bit of time uncovering Joseph Smith’s polygamy, and rightly so. For decades, polygamy was sold as an...
TowardzionApr 7, 202017 minTemple TragediesIn 1839, Joseph Smith received a revelation stating that he was to build a temple in the new city of [1]Nauvoo. This temple was meant to...
TowardzionMar 19, 202016 minMuddling through SuccessionIn the 1870’s, [1]a revelation was produced, recorded by Warren Cowdery, Oliver’s brother, which purported that Jesus Christ, Moses,...
TowardzionMar 13, 202018 minTurning Prophets into PowerOnce Joseph got the Book of Mormon translated, he set out to restore a church, as was promised by his angelic visitor, Moroni, and that...
TowardzionFeb 27, 20207 minWitness Projection ProblemThe CES Letter spends quite a bit of time poking the [1]witnesses to the Book of Mormon. The Church has used the witnesses in strong...
TowardzionFeb 14, 202016 minBook of Mormon History and Manifest DestinyJoseph Smith and the Book of Mormon did not invent the idea that the Native Americans were offspring of ancient Israelites and part of...
TowardzionFeb 8, 20206 minTranslation Troubles Part DeuxWhile the Book of Mormon is the foundation of Mormonism, the Book of Abraham is the sidebar that often creates more buzz. While it's...
TowardzionFeb 1, 202015 minTranslation TroublesBehold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me. But,...
TowardzionJan 17, 202016 minUnpacking the SupernaturalMore are discounting the supernatural every day. They believe that all unexplained phenomena have an explanation, even if perhaps it has...
TowardzionJan 5, 20208 minIntroduction and EpistemologyThis site is unique in its attempt to look at Mormonism through the lens of a multi-layered spectrum. It’s not intended to be a polemic,...