• About
    • About RationalFaiths
    • Blog Calendar
    • Blog With Us
    • PermaBloggers
    • The Podcast
  • Buy a Bumper Sticker
  • Contact Us
  • Recommended Reads
Rational Faiths | Mormon Blog
  • Podcast
    • Ask a Mormon Lesbian
    • Ask The Mormon Sex Therapist
    • Racism 101
    • The CES Podcast (For The Rest of Us)
  • Poetry
  • News
  • Mormon Humor
  • Reviews
    • Book Reviews
    • TV Reviews
  • Why I Am Mormon
  • Standard Works
    • Old Testament
    • New Testament
    • Book of Mormon
    • Doctrine and Covenants
    • Pearl of Great Price
  • Mormonism
    • Mother in Heaven
    • Temple
    • Faith Crisis
    • LDS Missions
    • Feminism
    • Gay Sunday
    • Infertility
    • Blogs about Blogs
    • Sexuality
    • Polygamy
    • Homosexuality
    • LDS Church History
  • Gospel Topics
    • Priesthood
    • Modesty
    • Natural Theology
    • Charity
    • Forgiveness
    • Heavenly Mother
    • Transhumanism
    • Mental Health
    • Disability
    • Sacrament
    • Repentance
    • Sunday School
    • Revelation
    • Faith
    • Agency
    • Theology
Select Page
Our Lives as Torah

Our Lives as Torah

by Jessica Finnigan | Apr 29, 2013 | Agency, Book Reviews, Faith, Featured, Mormonism, Old Testament, Revelation, Standard Works, Theology | 3 comments

  This term I began studying Biblical Hebrew.  Languages do not come easily to me.  I devised a plan to motivate my study- rekindle my love of Judaism.  I have been amazed by how much my heart sang within the richness of Jewish thought and the scriptural and life...
The Day Breaketh

The Day Breaketh

by Kylan Rice | Jan 6, 2013 | Faith, Featured, Mormonism, Old Testament, Revelation, Theology | 12 comments

This is the second post written by our guest blogger Kylan Rice.  His essay explores the idea of wrestling with God as found in Genesis chapter 32.  To read his first post click here. THE DAY BREAKETH by Kylan Rice   It’s not often that God’s finger...
There Is No End To Light

There Is No End To Light

by Kylan Rice | May 28, 2012 | Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Mormonism, New Testament, Old Testament, Standard Works, Theology | 10 comments

For about  four years now I have been teaching the Priest Quorum in my ward here in Oregon.   It is a calling I have thoroughly enjoyed.    During that time in a young man’s life, they start to really grapple with things.  They no longer are willing to believe...

A (Very) Brief History of the Bible Part II

by Jared Anderson | Apr 24, 2012 | Old Testament | 6 comments

  Jared Anderson © 2012 Jewish Scriptures   Creation Our word-saturated world renders it difficult for us to conceptualize the level of orality and lack of literacy that prevailed in antiquity. Only a small percentage of the population could read or write...

A Brief History of the Bible, Part I: Old Testament Timeline

by Pablo | Apr 23, 2012 | Old Testament | 6 comments

We are excited to have guest blogger Jared Anderson present a series of posts on the history of the Bible. This brief series will first present a graphical overview of the history of the Jewish Scriptures followed by a narrative expansion, and then the New Testament...

BOOK OF MORMON LESSON 9: 2 NEPHI 11-25

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Mar 2, 2012 | Book of Mormon, Old Testament, Sunday School | 9 comments

2 NEPHI 11-25 “My soul delighteth in the Word of Isaiah”  But why?  The Isaiah Problem in The Book of Mormon Taking Grant Hardy’s, Understanding the Book of Mormon, lets now explore Nephi’s exegesis on Isaiah. 2 Nephi chapter 11 to about...
Next Entries »

Search RationalFaiths

Make a monthly donation

Payment Options (Alma 11:1-19)

Make a one-time donation

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.

Quote of the Month

"It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt." (Fyodor Dostoevsky)


Tweets by @rationalfaiths

Recent Comments

  • Ryan on Rules For Men Who Want To Be Decent Humans
  • Anonymous on When it comes to equality, which side of history are you on?
  • VALSA GEORGE on No Soup for You! Why Women Can’t Have the Priesthood
  • Amanda on Mormon Women Speak: Uncovering The Truth About Ritual Abuse (episode 9; 289)
  • Ryan Jones on We Like Our Heaven Better

Follow Us!

Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on Google+Follow Us on TwitterFollow Us on RSSFollow Us on iTunes Podcast

Tags

Ask a Mormon Lesbian Ask a Mormon Lesbian Podcast Book of Mormon CES charity Dr. Sheldon Greaves EOR Faith faith crisis feminism Feminist gay general conference Gospel Doctrine Heavenly Mother Historical Jesus homosexuality Institute Jesus Jesus Christ Joseph Smith Laura Root LGBT LGBTQ love modesty Mormon Mormonism Mother in Heaven New Testament Old Testament Ordain Women podcast Polygamy Priesthood racism Racism 101 Revelation Seminary temple The CES Podcast Theology The Weird and Wild Old Testament The Weird and Wild Old Testament Podcast Truth
  • Facebook
  • X
  • RSS

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress