Monthly Archives: March 2009

And now a cautionary lesson from the Evangelicals

Posted on March 10, 2009 by bfwebster

Early in February, I wrote a post titled, “LDS history and organization: a cautionary tale from the Catholics“. It deal with the controversy within the Catholic Church over the Legion of Christ and recent revelations regarding its founder, Father Marciel … Continue reading →

Posted in Cautionary tale, LDS Organization, LDS Society, Main, Traditional Christianity | 5 Comments

Pandemic urban legend update from Dr. Puls

Posted on March 2, 2009 by bfwebster

The friend who sent me the original “Pandemic” e-mail pointed me to this site, which appears to have a response from Dr. Susan Puls: Several months ago, there was a probably well intentioned but totally misleading and false email spread … Continue reading →

Posted in Current events, LDS Society, Main, Preparedness | 8 Comments

The newest LDS urban legend? [updated]

Posted on March 1, 2009 by bfwebster

[IMPORTANT NOTE: There appears to be an official disclaimer from Dr. Puls regarding the e-mail below.] [Also, thanks to Emily Jensen at Mormon Times for the link and the kind words.] I received from a friend the following e-mail (note … Continue reading →

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