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In the decades we have been on this forum I'm sure many have interacted with Ardis, aka Keepa or Keepapitchinin, or at the very least come across her writing. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2026/02/24/cherished-mormon-historian-ardis/ Phaedrus

Hey Pyureaux did you know that John Dehlin was a participant on this forum and the forum that preceded it? Many of us have been having conversations on the topics of Mormonism with Dehlin for 25 plus years. What this means is that many of us know what honest engagement and conversations look like. And many of us can tell you are generating large portions of your post using AI. Because your observations aren't insightful or interesting your prediction about the fall of Mormon Stories is about as valuable as the prompt you typed to make your original post. Do better, Phaedrus UT

In the early 2000s Amway changed their name to Quixtar to shed the negative image. Everyone just kept calling them Amway and they eventually went back. I believe this rejection of the informal name will be a passing fad as well. I think the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was the biggest victim of this temporary preference. Phaedrus

Active participating members of the church are the minority at around 25% globally and ~35% in the USA. A discussion of Mormonism and ignoring the experience of the majority of that religions population would be bad journalism IMO. The correlated story of Mormonism from the church's marketing and PR efforts has been long and numerous. These stories haven't been heard by the majority of their audience and honestly are quite a bit more interesting. When you stop letting people tell you what you can or can't talk about it is pretty clear this is just a interesting story. Phaedrus

IIRC Dan was posting here(or a previous version of here) since he was a undergrad. I haven't read the book but it's something I'm likely to pick up. He has done a great job of separating his scholarship from Mormonism but I'm a bit worried since a lot of his scholarship isn't supportive of the foundational tenets of the church. I can see that becoming a problem when Oaks is president. It's always nice to see good biblical scholarship make it into the public discourse. Phaedrus