Utah Pirate Radio

One of the pivotal moments in my ultimate decision to leave the LDS church once and for-ever, and have my name removed from their records was when they sued Utah Lighthouse Ministry for publishing 17 pages of the “Bishop’s Handbook of Instructions”. 

They used an old verion of the hand book to publish 17 of over 100 pages of the book on their website:  www.utlm.org 

I was doubting the LDS church before that, and it was never really something that I thought made much sense.  But I was fairly indifferent.  I wasn’t going to necessarily leave the LDS church, and annul all ties to the LDS church.  I was just going to go to other faith’s and research the world’s theology a bit more.

But when I was faced with some unanswered questions about the LDS church, and I noticed at one of the website’s I was going to  UTLM.org, that the LDS church was dragging this poor old couple to court.  A couple that has a book store that doesn’t even clear 100K per year.  
(Jerald Tanner recently died due to poor health).

When I saw the LDS church act as the 500 pound gorillia and beat up on this little tiny ministry, I was sickened by the LDS church.  They not only frightened me, and made me ashamed to be LDS.  But it also angered me.   So ever since, I have coped with my anger by blogging.  The more I learn, the more the LDS church really doesn’t sit on any of my top favorites any more  (and truly as a child, I admired the LDS church). 

Mountain Meadows Massacre was a real eye opener too.

It was about the point that I watched September Dawn, I was pretty much done with organized religion.  I do have a relationship and a faith, and a passion for a lot of Biblical principles, and maybe even a few traditions.  But Im not keen on organized religion anymore. 

Just thought I would share, and if you are interested there is some contextual links below.
Be sure also to see my blog on “FAIR USE” copyright laws.

References:

• –Jerald and Sandra Tanner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• –Intellectual Reserve v. Utah Lighthouse Ministry 1999 - Wikisource
• –Church Handbook of Instructions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• –The Bishop’s Handbook and the Practice of Shunning - CARM.ORG …

This link is a google search that’s criteria is “LDS Bishops Handbook download“

Link 2 for the Bishop’s Handbook of Instructions