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The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide

The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide

by Dr. Daniel Parkinson and Michael Barker, PA-C | Feb 25, 2016 | exclusion-policy, Featured, Homosexuality, LGBTQ, science, Sexuality | 14 comments

By Michael Barker, PA-C and Daniel Parkinson, M.D. Note to readers: This blog post is very data driven. To help with the flow of the blog post, the studies referenced throughout are cited, footnoted, and expanded upon in the notes and resources section following our...
Book of Mormon Numerology

Book of Mormon Numerology

by Corbin Volluz | Aug 12, 2014 | Apologetics, Bible Scholarship, Book of Mormon, Featured | 25 comments

I am excited to announce the publication of my paper on Hebrew Numerology in the Book of Mormon in the most recent issue of BYU-Studies, 53:2. The thesis of the paper is that the same type of numerology used by Hebrews in the ancient world shows up in the Book of...
Science for the soul

Science for the soul

by Jeremy Timothy | Jul 17, 2014 | Featured, Humanity, Mormonism, Theology, Truth | 2 comments

We live in a culture that has defined a war between the two worlds I live in, science and religion. Each has been pitted against the other in a no holds barred contest for supremacy in the elusive search for truth. On one side is the Godless heathen intellectuals and...
Infinite Assumptions

Infinite Assumptions

by Jonathan Cannon | Jan 22, 2014 | Faith, Featured, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, Natural Theology, Revelation, Theology, Transhumanism | 9 comments

In this third part of my discussion of cosmic assumptions, I explain that not all infinities are created equal. I discuss different sizes of infinity, variation among universes, and assumptions we make about evidence.  See the introductory post, here, and the follow...
The Fallacy of “Certaintude”

The Fallacy of “Certaintude”

by Brian Whitney | Oct 2, 2013 | Featured, LDS Church History | 4 comments

by Brian Whitney.  Inspired by a devotional address given by Elder D. Todd Christofferson on September 24, 2013 at BYU Idaho. I like to make up words.  When I feel that the minuscule mental syllabus I have at my disposal fails to provide just the right option for...
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The LGBTQ Mormon Crisis: Responding to the Empirical Research on Suicide

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