One thing life guarantees is death. Every religion focuses on preparing us to live beyond this veil. That question—what happens after death—was what I struggled with deeply as I considered leaving my religion and my long-held beliefs about becoming a God. Until I asked myself this: When has anyone ever…

As a 7-year-old boy, I was often told I was supposed to “walk and talk with God.” Now I’m writing crazy theories about energy fields 😂. I didn’t know what that meant. Not really. I asked questions, tried to understand, but the answers were vague—feelings, impressions, rules, reverence. I wanted…

When I was growing up, there’s one thing I never wanted to be: a traitor. Judas Iscariot. Marcus Brutus. There is a spirit to being a traitor. And a loneliness. The foundation is lying. Building relationships you plan to ruin—or have to ruin. In some situations, it’s because of pressure…

Polygamy? Doctrine? Whos is right? While the LDS have grown, Fundamentalist have an argument. Today, we explore Fundamentalist groups versus the modern LDS Church. While you might be on one side or the other—or perhaps a silent observer—I know you have a mind that sees clearly and thinks independently. I…

There are three reasons I am writing this article on blood atonement. The first is to cover a few historical facts, although I won’t delve too deeply into them—just enough to provide context. The second is to show how I viewed this concept growing up and the role it played…

Joseph Smith was controversial in his time, and he remains so today. I spent the first 22 years of my life without a shadow of doubt that he was a Prophet, a messenger of God, and the most important man of his generation. Have I now changed my mind? As…

Strict moral systems are almost always used as a foundation for tyranny. And most the time, the tyrant cannot even see that their actions are from anger within, not the execution of a moral policy. If they knew it was from anger within, they would have to see themselves as…

I grew up with a strong faith in Mormon theology. And lately, I have been thinking about it a fair amount. So I decided to do some math and come up with some probabilities relating to the facts behind Mormon theology. First, let me make clear my current beliefs: I…

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” – Napoleon Bonaparte. We think we have time. Yes many will die early. But us? We think we have 40 or 50 or 100 years. It is not that you don’t have 50 or 70 years. But…