As an orthodox Latter Day Saint, I disagree SIGNIFICANTLY with both the tone and (especially) the content of this article.

To state that birth control is not allowed is factually incorrect. Period. You might find some previous statements denouncing birth control but having studied it, I can state that you can find about 400 quotes, all of different opinions on this topic. The author has made a gross simplification and thus missed the heart of Mormon liberality.

Romney had Mormon doctrine quite right–watch his recent Youtube video and look at the Book of Zechariah. Yes, Christ will eventually come to Missouri, but that is not THE Second Coming. There is NOTHING (at least nothing substantive/definitive) in Mormon scriptures or prophetic teachings that indicate otherwise.

We know very little about what it’s like to be a god except that it is much like being a father, only on an eternal scale. I appreciate his words, they shed light on certain topics, but they do not define my faith.

Christ is our Savior–straight-up, no mitigations. I can’t think of a way in which he ISN’T our Savior.

And the food storage practice is made to be some kind of apocalyptic weirdness. It serves pragmatic purposes, and the letter from 1940 does not represent church practice now.

Above all, I vigorously reject the general tenor that somehow, we Mormon missionaries are an army of drones, taking our marching orders from military men turned evangelists. Some missionaries did act like that, and they missed the mark. We followed the rules not because we didn’t have minds of our own, but because we DID have minds of our own.

The author of this article really needs to get their research down, read some REAL literature on the church, interview real authorities. That is where you will find the heart of the faith; that is why this article is off the mark.

As an orthodox Latter Day Saint, I disagree SIGNIFICANTLY with both the tone and (especially) the content of this article.

To state that birth control is not allowed is factually incorrect. Period. You might find some previous statements denouncing birth control but having studied it, I can state that you can find about 400 quotes, all of different opinions on this topic. The author has made a gross simplification and thus missed the heart of Mormon liberality.

Romney had Mormon doctrine quite right–watch his recent Youtube video and look at the Book of Zechariah. Yes, Christ will eventually come to Missouri, but that is not THE Second Coming. There is NOTHING (at least nothing substantive/definitive) in Mormon scriptures or prophetic teachings that indicate otherwise.

We know very little about what it’s like to be a god except that it is much like being a father, only on an eternal scale. I appreciate his words, they shed light on certain topics, but they do not define my faith.

Christ is our Savior–straight-up, no mitigations. I can’t think of a way in which he ISN’T our Savior.

And the food storage practice is made to be some kind of apocalyptic weirdness. It serves pragmatic purposes, and the letter from 1940 does not represent church practice now.

Above all, I vigorously reject the general tenor that somehow, we Mormon missionaries are an army of drones, taking our marching orders from military men turned evangelists. Some missionaries did act like that, and they missed the mark. We followed the rules not because we didn’t have minds of our own, but because we DID have minds of our own.

The author of this article really needs to get their research down, read some REAL literature on the church, interview real authorities. That is where you will find the heart of the faith; that is why this article is off the mark.