THREE VERSIONS OF TIME: THE ARROW, THE ICE CREAM TRUCK, AND GOD IN BEST BUY
What might the scriptures mean when they use the phrase that God’s course is “one eternal round” (see Alma 37:12; D&C 35:1; D&C 3:2: Alma 7:20; 1 Nephi 10:19)? And, does God know what I will do in the future, and if He does, how am I still free to choose? I...
The End of the World, Plan B – Reviewed
I love AMC’s The Walking Dead, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (the inspiration for Blade Runner). Why do I love these really quite bleak views of what the world could, or perhaps will, eventually...
Should Mormonism Embrace Post-Modern Conceptions of Religious Structure and Authority?
If you haven’t read Diana Butler Bass, you should. Bass has a story that should resonate strongly with many in the Rational Faiths audience. She was raised in an active church-going Methodist family and converted to conservative Evangelical Protestantism in her teens....
The Symbol of the Cross
At the time of year when the symbol of the cross is front-and-center in most Christian worship, Mormon attitudes toward the cross seem to still lean toward either indifference (“meh”) or abhorrence (“The mark of the Beast!”). Between those...
Francis: Leading Catholics Astray.
“There is a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well” –Cloud Atlas Pope Francis is at it again! This past Holy Week he was seen washing the feet of Hindu and even Muslim refugees in similitude of Jesus washing the feet of his Holy...LGBTQ Mormon Crisis
Two Printable handout for bishops and stake presidents that talks empirically about LGBTQ suicides:
The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide
Youth Suicide Rates and Mormon Religious Context: An Additional Empirical Analysis
The Barker Brothers’ Projects
These videos were created for Latter-day Saint parents and allies to voice their love for their LGBT brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. They want to give a message of comfort and support to other parents who are navigating the difficult conflicts that can arise in families around this issue.
“Cogito!” (“I think!”) follows the intellectual adventures of a recovering academic outside the walls of academia.
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