2006 Conference
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Embassy Suites Hotel 110 West 600 South Salt Lake City, Utah, 84101 Telephone: (801) 359-7800 Fax: (801) 359-3753 |
Join us for our annual weekend of sharing stories, education, enlightenment, and mingling with like-minded people. If past conferences are any indicator, you're in for a real treat.
Due to the generosity of one of our Conference participants, there is a great BONUS for the first 100 registrations received. Arza Evans, author of Keystone of Mormonism, has offered a complimentary copy of his book as the bonus. A wonderful offer, and a great asset to your library!
Agenda
All activities in ballroom unless otherwise noted.
Conference Presentations
Featured Speakers and Panelists
Brent Lee Metcalfe, is the editor of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, and coeditor of American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon.
Dr. Simon Southerton, Ph.D. is a senior research scientist with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Canberra, Australia. Simon is a former Bishop, and will be speaking about his professional exploration into the DNA of the American Indians, and the subsequent journey out of Mormonism.
Linda Walker is a co-founder of www.childpro.org, and for over fifteen years has worked for plaintiffs on civil cases involving the LDS Church. This work and her own family history has also led her to an in-depth study of both the genetic and psychological abuses inherent in polygamy – some of which continue to appear in families long dissassociated from the life-style. She will share some of those stories and what led her to this kind of work.
Bob McCue is a tax attorney in Calgary, Canada and a partner in one of Canada’s largest law firms. After a mission and 20-year-long history of Mormon leadership, including Bishop, Bob began an intensive study of the church via the Internet, and within three weeks had made the decision to distance himself from the church. He will share with us his personal journey and the fruits of his research.
Blair Watson was raised in Mormonism from early childhood, served a mission in 1984/5 and in various church callings, and left the church in 1992. After years of studying the psychological effects of Mormonism and other authoritarian religions, Blair will share his findings and his ideas for recovery.
Arza Evans is a retired economics professor from Dixie State College in St. George, Utah and comes from a strict Mormon family. At age forty, Evans decided to strengthen his testimony by making a serious study of church history, which ultimately led to a painful disillusionment with Mormonism. Arza will discuss the ramifications of that discovery and his subsequent excommunication after writing Keystone of Mormonism.
Tracy Bachman joined the church at fourteen, in her hometown of Blackburn, Lancashire, England, after her convert mother re-activated. She met her future husband Talmage at eighteen, married him at nineteen, and gave birth to the first of their eight children at twenty. She was a very devout member until discovering the truth about Mormonism in late 2003.
Sandy Crain-Gilkeson: Sandy grew up very active in the church in Oklahoma City, OK. She married at eighteen, had six children by the time she was 28, and ended up leaving the church when she was 32. She never in a million years thought that she would "leave the fold", but a series of events, including attending the temple and a constant battle with depression, prompted Sandy, her husband, and their six children, to have their names removed in 1997.
Jarom Smith was the oldest of six children, raised in a faithful LDS family, and served in the Chile Osorno mission (1989-1991). Starting in 1999 marginally active until formally resigning his membership in 2005. His parents and all of his siblings remain active, faithful members of the LDS church and hope that someday he will return to the fold.
Dennis Farley graduated from BYU with a B.S. in psychology in 1976, and from the U. of Utah College of Law in 1979. He is a practising attorney in Utah. He served a mission in Australia, and had been a Bishop and councilor in a Stake Presidency. After being a true believer for 37 years, Dennis discovered that the Mormon Church was false in 1989 — although he did not formally resign his membership until 1993 when the Church began excommunicating so-called intellectuals. He has recently published a book Portals of the Night, a psychological thriller tied into Dennis' experiences with Mormonism.
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