How do people form their political views? Many people assume it’s based on how you are raised (e.g. Democrats raise Democrats), your life experiences (e.g. a factory closed in your home town), or which party serves your interests (e.g. rich people are Republicans). Would you be surprised to find that there is a genetic [...]
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Mormonism: Christian Cult or Radical(ly Distinct) Religion?
October 13, 2011

Even if you try to avoid the news (or just the political news, like I do), chances are that if you have even an inkling of a Mormon news radar, you definitely have heard the latest drama: supporter of Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry and mega-church pastor Robert Jeffress called Mormonism a cult. Here’s a [...]
A Mormon in the White House?
May 17, 2011

My own beginnings in the bloggernacle date to the 2008 election when I was interested in hearing more about Romney’s candidacy from the POV of other Mormons. I started out reading and discussing posts at Mormon Mentality before I found Mormon Matters and got sucked in to that site’s discussion and then invited to blog there. [...]

