The Drama of Faith
For the first time in my comparatively short career as a permablogger here at Rational Faiths I am writing a post for me. It isn’t that I am not of course interested in the things I normally write, but I do try to keep the readers in my mind when deciding what to...
Multiverse, Shapes, and Laws
The three, nested Klein bottles shown in the image have only one side, like a Möbius strip–the outside is continuous with the inside (although a topologist would tell you that this is only an approximation and that a Klein bottle cannot really be made in our...
FROM THE LIFE OF JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH, CHAPTER 2: OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
Note: I teach Elder’s Quorum every other week. These are my lesson notes from today’s discussion. In general, the material presented in italics, are things I said or questions asked by me; but not always!! Also, you will notice that there is a ton of...
The Lord’s Side of the Line – A False Dichotomy – There is no effing line!!!
The video was brought to my attention yesterday morning and I thought I would share a few thoughts. If you haven’t seen it yet please take the time to watch it so that we can discuss it. At the opening of the video we hear a young man ask Elder Bednar the...
God in the machine
When God and Science collide, what is the collateral damage? In the bold new field of neurotheology they are colliding on a regular basis. The studies and debates of the field regularly find themselves picked up in the news due to the polarization and high emotions...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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