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How Accurate Is Mormon Stories? We Checked Three Episodes
We checked 22 claims from three recent Mormon Stories episodes against primary sources and the show’s own guest historians. Each is timestamped and sourced.
Is There Really Brand Confusion Over Mormon Stories?
Are people mistaking Mormon Stories for the Church? The branding at the center of the lawsuit, the court record, 121 public accounts and both sides’ strongest arguments.
One Sentence, Three Terms, and $1.19 Million: Inside the Settlement Offer Mormon Stories Keeps Refusing
A new federal court filing details the settlement the Church has offered Mormon Stories — keep the name, keep the word Mormon, add a disclaimer. John Dehlin refused again. We can't read minds. We can read tax filings.
Mormon Women, By the Numbers: What the Data Shows (2026)
If Mormon women are oppressed, nobody told the data. Pew’s new gender tables, a 16,000-person marriage study and an 11-country report put the claim to four tests — and it fails all four.
LDS Church Abortion Stance 2026: Idaho, Nevada & the Data
Letters opposing Idaho Prop 1 and Nevada Q6 were read in 1,639 LDS congregations. What the Church teaches, what the prophets said, and what the data shows.
Mormonism: By the Numbers — What Every Major Study Found
Harvard, Princeton, Pew, Penn, USC, Chicago: every major independent study of Latter-day Saints, compiled — happiness, mental health, retention, generosity.
The CES Letter: Every Claim, Every Answer
What is the CES Letter — and is it accurate? A 13-topic map of its claims with responses in brief, plus where every full answer lives in the response literature.
Are Gay Mormon Kids Safe in the Mormon Church? The Data
In the largest representative dataset — 86,346 Utah teens — LGBTQ Latter-day Saint youth reported the lowest suicidality of any group measured.
Can You Be Gay and Mormon? The Doctrine, the Data, the Answer
Yes — and it's checkable. Same-sex attraction isn't a sin, ~1 in 10 Millennial members identifies as LGB, and research on 1,782 gay Mormons shows what predicts thriving.
Do Mormons Support LGBTQ People? What the Church Teaches
It turns on what 'support' means. Welcome of the person: yes. Civil rights: yes, on specific laws. Same-sex marriage: no. Each answer, straight.
Have 40% of Mormons Left the Church? What the Records Show
A widely-cited book says 40% of once-active Mormons have left. We ran the Church's own membership reports, 2001-2025. Here is what the ledger actually shows.
Is Mormon Culture Starving Its Members? What Studies Show
A new book says Mormon culture starves people spiritually. We checked the claim against Harvard, Pew, UCLA and Chicago data. Here is what the research shows.