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Of Dreams and Daybells
Towardzion
  • Sep 1, 2021
  • 12 min

Of Dreams and Daybells

Today, commentators, progressive post-Mormons, are apoplectic at the rise of those promoting personal revelation like infamous Chad Daybell
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Equal Rights Ordination
Towardzion
  • May 7, 2020
  • 7 min

Equal Rights Ordination

Aside from polygamy, which was a most hellish imposition on women, Joseph Smith and the 19th Century Church had a mixed record of...
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Ruminating on Race
Towardzion
  • May 3, 2020
  • 16 min

Ruminating on Race

For many people, the moral outrage they feel at the Church stems from what they perceive as a history of limiting who can participate in...
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Monogamy Wins for Time Only - Polygamy Part 4
Towardzion
  • Apr 26, 2020
  • 5 min

Monogamy Wins for Time Only - Polygamy Part 4

We discussed earlier the lying and secrecy by Wilford Woodruff and Joseph F Smith as it pertained to polygamy leaving the Church with the...
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Choose Your Own Adventure - Polygamy Part 3
Towardzion
  • Apr 21, 2020
  • 31 min

Choose Your Own Adventure - Polygamy Part 3

In 1841, the idea of [1]spiritual wifery was being openly promoted by John C. Bennett but was in the cultural water with respect to...
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Looking though History Backwards - Polygamy Part 2
Towardzion
  • Apr 15, 2020
  • 17 min

Looking though History Backwards - Polygamy Part 2

Almost all histories relating to Mormon polygamy are written in a way that contextualizes all points of data into one seamless narrative...
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Riddles in the Dark - Mormon Polygamy Part 1
Towardzion
  • Apr 12, 2020
  • 14 min

Riddles in the Dark - Mormon Polygamy Part 1

The CES Letter spends quite a bit of time uncovering Joseph Smith’s polygamy, and rightly so. For decades, polygamy was sold as an...
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Temple Tragedies
Towardzion
  • Apr 6, 2020
  • 17 min

Temple Tragedies

In 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...
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Will a Man Rob the Corporate Sovereign Fund?
Towardzion
  • Mar 31, 2020
  • 11 min

Will a Man Rob the Corporate Sovereign Fund?

Early on, the economic laws of Mormonism were proto-socialistic, based on the Owensian theories of applying the economic laws in the Book...
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The Rise of LDS Incorporated
Towardzion
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 34 min

The Rise of LDS Incorporated

Before we get into this section, lets summarize the succession of modern LDS leadership. Lorenzo Snow Notable Accomplishments Immediately...
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Muddling through Succession
Towardzion
  • Mar 18, 2020
  • 16 min

Muddling through Succession

In the 1870’s, [1]a revelation was produced, recorded by Warren Cowdery, Oliver’s brother, which purported that Jesus Christ, Moses,...
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Turning Prophets into Power
Towardzion
  • Mar 12, 2020
  • 18 min

Turning Prophets into Power

Once Joseph got the Book of Mormon translated, he set out to restore a church, as was promised by his angelic visitor, Moroni, and that...
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Witness Projection Problem
Towardzion
  • Feb 26, 2020
  • 7 min

Witness Projection Problem

The 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...
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Book of Mormon History and Manifest Destiny
Towardzion
  • Feb 13, 2020
  • 16 min

Book of Mormon History and Manifest Destiny

Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon did not invent the idea that the Native Americans were offspring of ancient Israelites and part of...
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Translation Troubles Part Deux
Towardzion
  • Feb 7, 2020
  • 6 min

Translation Troubles Part Deux

While the Book of Mormon is the foundation of Mormonism, the Book of Abraham is the sidebar that often creates more buzz. While it's...
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Translation Troubles
Towardzion
  • Jan 31, 2020
  • 15 min

Translation Troubles

Behold, 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,...
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