Reasonable Deconstruction with Unoriginal Jim

All the (Noah’s Ark) hype that your money can buy

 It’s all the hype that your money can buy All the hype and press releases from Noah’s arc scans uses language of certainty to beg for donations. They are conning people

Both tithing and gambling guarantee that the institution gets its money. But tithing only returns you speculative, blessings, vague notions, and subjective outcomes.

despite the conference speech against gambling. The church fully endorses another more lucrative asymmetric financial dynamic. One in which the church always gets its mon

Do former members need to be healed. No. We’re good.

I came across a video from Tanner Yost directed at people who have left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's a very emotional appeal, filmed in front of

“ do what is right that the consequence follow” doesn’t apply to LDS abuse cases.

The churches system will only facilitate abuse. Fighting to remove mandatory reporting shows a desire to protect the institution and not victims. You cannot trust the LDS

Never mind the bollocks, read the Journal of Discourses

A LDS commentator calling himself Gogo says that members should not read the journal of discourses because they could become confused with previous church teachings and d

Mormons are especially good at special pleading and identity protection

Recognizing special pleading and identity protection in our religious and political ideas.

“Diversity is a cancer” says the LDS apologists

Responding to Jacob Hansen's comment the intellectual diversity in the LDS church is a cancer. His own example undermines his argument, exposing a profound historical ill

Why you and your family should read Jeff Strong’s book “Torn”. At least the first half.

If you are a believing Mormon and you have family that has left the church you need to read "Torn" by Jeff Strong

Does a political science study from the 1980s really prove that the Bible was the single greatest influence on the Founding Fathers?

Does a political science study from the 1980s really prove that the Bible was the single greatest influence on the Founding Fathers and the founding documents of the Unit

Do people leave the Mormon church because they’re “too weak to follow Jesus“?

Responding to the claim that people leave Mormonism, not because of its truth problems or it's historical claims, but because they are simply too weak to follow Jesus

Jordan Peterson‘s platitudes sound smart until you think about them

Jordan Peterson’s commentary often boils down to nothing more than platitudes and bromides. Responding to his tweets on truth and order

Puritan Christianity is not something that modern Christians should aspire to.

Christian appeals to The Puritans as proof of a Christian founding or "covenant" fail because they neglect the history of religious persecution

The idea of a Christian “American covenant” is about political power, and identity politics, not religion

There is no “American covenant”. That is a cultural and political claim, not a theological one and it serves as a reinforcement of religious and social power, not histori

Biased visions and anecdotes of revelations are not the foundation of truth.

The storytelling of visions and religious experiences is not a gauge of truth in any way, because all religions always produce self reinforcing religious experiences and

Enlightenment ideas that make America great are not found in the Bible

The Trump administration wanted to re-dedicate the country to God. Interestingly, the country was never dedicated to God to begin with. Looking back on The “Rededicate 25

The Book of Mormon, culturally significant, but not true.

My opinion on the book of Mormon flows downstream from my opinion of the Bible. While they are not true histories, they are culturally significant.

Do I believe the Bible? no. Do I think it’s important? Yes.

When  asked about my feelings on the Bible, Whether I believe in it whether I think it's important. The answer is no and yes.

LDS apologists go all in for identity gatekeeping

LDS apologists go all out with the blatant gatekeeping, seeking to delegitimize any lived experience of anyone who disagrees with the institution

Christian men who hate when women vote.

Some on the political right are advocating a repeal of the 19th amendment to strip women of the right to vote. This pernicious backwards ideology has far reaching implica

The best thing Russell M Nelson ever said

Looking at the best teaching from Russell M Nelson's entire career, and it wasn't to a church audience