The LDS church claims they now oppose conversion therapy, but courses at BYU still teach conversion therapy principles, including that LGBTQ+ members will be “cured” through Celestial Conversion Therapy.
Mormon Culture
The 267 Hidden Brides of Wilford Woodruff
The temple endowment has long been a tool that indoctrinates members to accept a hierarchy that exalts men by subjugating women. Perhaps then it is unsurprising to see the earliest uses of the proxy endowment ritual for the dead being used to do the same to deceased women.
The Satanic Panic and the Pace Memorandum
In the early 1990s, Elder Glenn L. Pace conducted an extension investigation into Satanic ritual abuse among the ranks of its members. What does this story teach us about modern Mormon culture, especially in regards to conspiracy thinking?
The Phantom Distinction Between Happiness and Joy
Happiness and joy aren’t different emotions that are exclusively available to select people. There isn’t some hierarchy where some people are truly joyful whereas others are merely happy.
The Weaponizing of the Holy Ghost in Dismissing Apostates
The LDS teachings regarding the Gift of the Holy Ghost invoke the Spirit in establishing the church—and the men who lead it—as the mediator of one’s relationship with the Divine.