The following was presented at the 17th annual FairMormon Conference by Methodist minister and temple theologian Margaret Barker. [Download Presentation Handout (pdf)] At the heart of the Book of Revelation St John sets the vision of a woman clothed with the sun,…

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast…

In 1 Nephi chapter 4 right at the beginning of the Book of Mormon, we encounter a narrative where a young man is instructed by God to kill an unconscious individual. I have to admit, on the surface, this is not…