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The Book of Mormon Musical is racist

Posted on November 8, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

The Book of Mormon Musical goes above and beyond portraying Africans, especially black Africans, as “lovable but ignorant” and leans

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Cat Links Personal, Politics

For Halloween I went as an energy vampire named Hank Truck who works at a combination gun range-bible store and his favorite sport is muddin’

Posted on October 31, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel
Cat Links Community of Christ, Personal, Religion

Nephi is abused and scared of his brothers.

Posted on October 29, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

I am working on Gileriodekel’s Book of Mormon, and I came across LDS 2nd Nephi 4:15-35. I was particularly struck by this

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Cat Links Community of Christ, Religion, Scholarship

TIL there was another book of scripture called “The Book of Joseph” (of Egypt) that went untranslated.

Posted on October 23, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

Read about it here Basically all of LDS 2nd Nephi 3 talks about what Joseph supposedly said

Cat Links Culture, LDS, Religion, Scholarship

TIL That Wilford Woodruff recorded his testimony on wax cylinders in 1897 when he was 91 years old. It can be listened to on YouTube today. I believe this is the oldest recording of an LDS prophet that exists.

Posted on October 10, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel
Cat Links LDS, Religion, Scholarship

I found an awesome chart that shows which way Moroni points on all of the LDS temples (hint: they’re not all pointing east, and not all temples have a Moroni)

Posted on October 10, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

Read about it here

Cat Links LDS, Religion

TIL there have been 8 different types of Moroni statues atop LDS temples

Posted on October 10, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

Read about them here

Cat Links Personal, Religion

God isn’t perfect

Posted on October 10, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

At Universal Mormon Church last week someone brought up a familiar concept: eternal progression. This is a concept that many

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Cat Links Community of Christ, Religion, Scholarship

These are the first sketches of the Independence Temple

Posted on October 2, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

See them here

Cat Links Culture, LDS, Religion, Scholarship

TIL in Brigham Young’s 1860 sermon “Universal Salvation” he talks about how everyone will be saved and the possibility of more than 3 degrees of glory

Posted on October 1, 2020June 26, 2022 gileriodekel

Read it here

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