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The Bloggernacle is dead? Long Live the Bloggernacle!
This week’s weekend poll at Wheat & Tares asks, Has the Bloggernacle Run Its Course? My issue for this poll is that I simply cannot pick one of the two options. The poll question: Is the dea… more →
Irresistible (Dis)Grace
The Bloggernacle is dead? Long Live the Bloggernacle!
wrote 5 days ago: This week’s weekend poll at Wheat & Tares asks, Has the Bloggernacle Run Its Course? My is … more →
What are we seeking as religious (de)converts?
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wrote 1 week ago: I was listening to an episode of Mormon Stories from 2010 — the one where Dan Wotherspoon inte … more →
Rollo's Review - Conclusion
wrote 2 months ago: So, I have corrected a few errata. Rollo has pointed out a few areas in which he read things I did n … more →
Claim #9: The Mormon Stories Survey
wrote 2 months ago: Rollo complains that it would be difficult to get survey responses in any other way. I agree. It is … more →
Claim #8: The Coe interview
wrote 2 months ago: Rollo is upset that I only found five things to critique in the Coe podcast. He misunderstands my in … more →
Claim #7b: The Handbook
wrote 2 months ago: Rollo complains that on issues of temple worthiness I do not quote the Handbook 3.3.3, which says th … more →
Claim #7: I call myself to act as Dehlin’s bishop
wrote 2 months ago: Rollo claims I take upon myself the mantle of Dehlin’s bishop by pointing out that he is not temple … more →
Claim #6: I “attack” Dehlin’s work with homosexuals
wrote 2 months ago: I nowhere “attacked” Dehlin’s work, save to say that some of it is opposed to Church doctrine. I cit … more →
Claim #5e: Straw man
wrote 2 months ago: Mormon Stories’ expert offers “medical reasons” not to oppose masturbation. When I pointed out that … more →
Claim #5d: Moderation and restraint
wrote 2 months ago: Rollo says that “Smith argued in his essay that married Mormon couples must show restraint and moder … more →
Claim #5c: Victoria’s Secret and Dancing with the Stars
wrote 2 months ago: Rollo points out that one Mormon Stories podcast which mentioned a wife concerned about her husband’ … more →
Claim #5b: Boyd K. Packer’s “To Young Men Only” talk
wrote 2 months ago: I indicated that I found efforts to distance the Church from this talk (and its stance discouraging … more →
Claim #5: Other misquotes
wrote 2 months ago: The “admin” quote is, in fact, Dehlin as I reported. I have included citation material to demonstrat … more →
Claim #4: Manipulation of quotes
wrote 2 months ago: Finally, some meat. Rollo claims I combined two days’ cites with ellipsis. I did do this, and the fo … more →
Claim #3: I baited Dehlin
wrote 2 months ago: Nope, sorry. I’ve added a line to the second paper about this. I neither communicated with Dehlin, n … more →
Claim #2: It’s out of date.
wrote 2 months ago: It’s not my fault there was a delay in publication. If I’d have updated it, Rollo or others would be … more →
Claim #1: It is a hit piece, on Dehlin, not a review of Mormon Stories.
wrote 2 months ago: Well, one is entitled to one’s opinion. It is telling, though, that Rollo begins his review with min … more →
Rollo review - Introduction
wrote 2 months ago: As some may know, I recently published a review of a group called Mormon Stories: I looked at some o … more →
Smith, Dehlin, and Constructing Exit Narratives
wrote 2 months ago: Since I’ve already brought up John Dehlin on this blog before, and since a lot of the Bloggern … more →
