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Continuingmy line-by-line response to Mike Adams' incendiary anti-Mormon column, we begin today with a passage from the New Testament.

I am sorry that my Mormon readers have put all their eggs in one basket by constantly writing to me quoting Matthew 7:16.

Matthew 7:16 is a statement by Jesus wherein the Savior establishes the criteria ... Read more

MikeAdams' anti-Mormon opus is titled "My Apology to Mormon Readers." This title is problematic, as we will see soon enough.He begins by addressing a woman - girl? - named Stacey, as follows:

Dear Stacey:You have written demanding an apology for my recent characterization of the Mormon religion as "non-Christian." I am happy to write a

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Acommenter on my last post brought Mike Adams and his diatribe against my church to my attention. I had never heard of the good Mr. Adams, a syndicated columnist who apparently has quite a following among Tea Party types. I could have gone my entire life and not been exposed to Mr. Adams' bile and ... Read more

Myson Stalliondo was baptized yesterday. Prior to this event, he was interviewed by a church leader to ensure that he understood the step he was taking, and he was asked if he could explain, in detail, his understanding of what it all meant.He launched into a lengthy exposition of the life and sacrifice of Jesus, ... Read more

Again,another shameless plug for my growing body of work over at the Deseret News, where you can read all my columns online here. The volume of my writing over there has diminished somewhat my contributions here, which is something I'm trying to remedy. But I digress.My latest column is an indictment of "The ... Read more

Soeveryone is in high dudgeon about the latest of the Obama scandals, which involves the government acquiring all of Verizon's phone records over the past few months. I made the mistake of listening to Glenn Beck for a few moments on the way into work, and I turned it off after he claimed that this ... Read more

Anactual conversation that just took place with a friend I hadn't seen for a few weeks...Him: "Hey, you look really thin!"Me: "Thanks! I've lost about thirty pounds."Him: "But you still have a ginormous head. It looks really weird on a thin body."Yes, well, not much I can do about that. I've always been a prototype ... Read more

Stilllosing weight! The Somae Health program is kicking my butt, but it's working better than I expected it would.So with Phase One complete, it was time to move into Phase Two, which is a lot like Phase One, except with fewer calories. But prior to fewer calories, it was time for essentially, well, no calories. ... Read more

Allright, at the outset, know that there will be spoilers. Not little spoilers, mind you, but big, freakin' Luke-I-am-your-father-Rosebud-was-a-sled-it-was-Earth-all-along-damn-you-all-to-hell spoilers. In fact, I'm going to post a spoiler picture, so watch out for that, too. The point is that if you haven't seen "Star Trek Into Darkness" and you want to see it without knowing ... Read more

Soa family member is officiating at mixed-faith wedding. He put together pieces of advice he had foraged from various sources and asked me to compile it into counsel he could give at the wedding. So I did. And I quite like it, so I'm going to post it here.A few bits of trivia - the ... Read more