BOOK OF MORMON LESSON 13: JACOB 5-7
THE ALLEGORY OF THE OLIVE TREE Looking back at Chapter 4 of Jacob, we see Jacob addressing his "children" and "beloved brethren." His children are probably his descendants. Who are his "beloved brethren?" Are they the descendants of Laman and Lemuel? Are they...
A SURVEY & CRITIQUE OF THE DIFFERENT RESURRECTION HYPOTHESIS PART V: HUME’S ABJECT FAILURE
A SURVEY & CRITIQUE OF THE DIFFERENT RESURRECTION HYPOTHESIS PART V: HUME'S ABJECT FAILURE Click here to read Part I Click here to read Part II Click here to read Part III Click here to read Part IV A case for Jesus' resurrection historically has two elements to...
NATURAL THEOLOGY: THE MORAL ARGUMENT PART III
THE ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD BEING THE BASES FOR OBJECTIVE MORAL VALUES AND DUTIES: PART III I strongly feel that it is important to submit one's ideas and hypothesis to those that are hostile or unsympathetic toward one's views . The atheists with whom I...
The Constitution, Separation of Church and State, and Birth Control?
Over the last month there has been an uproar about birth control with respect to what the government wants versus what Catholic institutions want. Some would like us to believe that this is an issue about "women's health" or even about access to contraceptives. I...
NATURAL THEOLOGY: THE MORAL ARGUMENT PARTII
THE ARGUMENT FOR GOD BEING THE BASIS FOR OBJECTIVE MORAL VALUES AND DUTIES: PART II Last time we looked at the differences between moral epistemology and ontology. We also looked at some definitions that needed clarification before we could examine the existence of...
Book of Mormon Lesson 10 & 11: 2 Nephi 26-33
2 Nephi 26-33: Nephi's last words "Thy ways are just" I decided to combine the next two lessons into one post. In hind sight, I should have combined this post with my last; I think the flow would have been better. Taking the romantic view that a person's last words,...
NATURAL THEOLOGY: THE MORAL ARGUMENT PART I
THE ARGUMENT FOR GOD BEING THE BASIS FOR OBJECTIVE MORAL VALUES AND DUTIES: PART I Click here to read Part II As I have listened to multiple exit stories from people who have left the LDS church, one of the things I have noticed is that when their LDS beliefs leave,...
BOOK OF MORMON LESSON 9: 2 NEPHI 11-25
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 chapter 29 contains a lot of...
Here is how it went down with Mike and Cathy Barker. Hey! We Added Some More Tidbits Since Yesterday!
This is somewhat a continuation of Cathy's, "Ambercrombie & What the Fitch" blog post from a few days ago. If you have no idea what we are talking about here, go read her post first. We, as well as some friends got the same response as Paul did. There are three...
Response from City Creek Center
Dear Paul: Thank you for sharing your concerns about this retailer. Please keep in mind that the list of City Creek stores reported by the Deseret News was generated by the newspaper’s own research. It is incomplete and unconfirmed. Our retail partner, Taubman...
Abercrombie & What the FITCH?!?
Dear Friends, This past Saturday the LDS-owned Deseret News published a partial list of the retailers that will be in the controversial LDS-owned City Creek Mall. Property Reserve, the LDS Church’s commercial real-estate arm, has funded the multi-billion dollar...
Book of Mormon Lesson 8: 2 Nephi 6-10
Jacob's Isaiah Exegesis, His Prophesies, Warnings and Visions Some of this comes from reworking Grant Hardy's, Understanding the Book of Mormon, A Reader's Guide. I highly recommend that book as well as his edited version of The Book of Mormon - The Book of Mormon,...
Book of Mormon Lesson 7: 2 Nephi 3-5
Lehi continues with his prophetic blessings which include his blessing to Joseph. It is within Joseph's blessing that we get some of the unique contributions of the Book of Mormon: prophecy of the coming forth Book of Mormon and of Joseph Smith Jr.. Lehi's death is...
Mormon Modesty – Cathy enters the bloggernacle
I came home today with my wife telling me she posted a comment on one of the best Mormon blogs - By Common Consent. She is "Medford Mom", posts # 129 and 145. Read it and weep....
Book of Mormon Lesson 6: 2 Nephi 1-2
Following the mode of the Old Testament Patriarchs, Lehi gives blessings and final words of counsel to his posterity. Using the idea of gaps and blanks, lets see if we can learn something from what we are not told. Again the following is taken from my reading of...
The Top Ten Anti-Mormon Statements of 2011. Really?
Mormon Voices, a branch of FAIR posted this list and it was picked up by Deseret News. There are problems with their choices, as almost none of them are actually anti-Mormon, nor bigoted. Furthermore their rebuttals……not so good. Let’s discuss!
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
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