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EP 64 - Ron Yorgason co-hosts, Book of Mormon banned in Utah!?, Donald Trump indicted and LDS Church responds!?, Mormon transgender attitudes revealed, fascinating analysis of LDS Boy Scout abuse rate
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June 18, 2023
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EP 63 - Ron Yorgason co-hosts, Book of Mormon banned in Utah!?, Donald Trump indicted and LDS Church responds!?, Mormon transgender attitudes revealed, fascinating analysis of LDS Boy Scout abuse rates, and BYU-I professor leads hate group!?
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Davis School District releases details on complaint against The Book of Mormon
The petitioner, whose name was redacted, said he or she doesn't want children reading about "murder, rape and torture, or learning that it is OK to murder somebody if God tells them to (Nephi)."
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is running a provocative full-page ad picturing a bible and the Book of Mormon with a headline saying “BAN THESE BOOKS” in Sunday’s Salt Lake City Tribune.
Should there be separation of Church and State in Utah? Or does freedom of religion reign supreme?
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Latter-day Saints and Transgender Attitudes
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Arkansas is the Hottest Place in the US for LDS Growth
4.5% growth used to be the NORM
Why?
Fascinating look at future LDS Church Growth
"The best indicator of the future size of a religion is not the number of missionaries it sends, but how many children are in the pews."
Last year, the Lichfield England stake closed, marking the first time a stake in the UK had ever been closed (the first stake was organized in 1960). Earlier this year, the Watford England stake closed and this past week the Maidstone and Wandsworth stakes closed.