Boston Temple Challenge Oral Arguments Heard The 1st Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals heard arguments Monday over the status of the Boston Massachussets Temple. Three neighbors of the Temple have challenged the zoning law that allowed the Church to build the Temple, claiming that it favors religions, in violation of the U.S. Constitution's first amendment. The case could even set precedent, as the neighbor's lawyer expects it to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

History May Be Written in Stone, But Is It the Truth? Author James W. Loewen takes a look at the veracity of historical markers in his new book "Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong." In the book, Loewen includes the LDS Church-owned Mountain Meadows Massacre monument, removed last year, as well as many other historical markers that contained incomplete or inaccurate information. The LDS Church and the Mountain Meadows Association replaced the marker last fall with one that gives more information about the tragedy.

Mainstream Archaeology vs. Book of Mormon Evidence An article in this month's Atlantic Monthly magazine examines the 'Diffusionist' movement among archaeologists - those that believe that the Americas had extensive contact with the rest of the world before 1492. While the movement seems to be gaining some respect, it is still a long way from gaining respectability among mainstream archaeologists. And for believers in the Book of Mormon, it is still a long way from the views of most diffusionists to evidence supporting the Book of Mormon.

LDS Divorce Rate at U.S. National Average The Barna Research Group released a new study of divorce December 21st, discovering that Christians are more likely to divorce than non-Christians, and that LDS Church members are no different than the national average, with 24% of marriages ending in divorce.

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