• 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
The Tree of Life – Part I

The Tree of Life – Part I

by Heber Longhurst | Nov 18, 2013 | Book of Mormon, Faith, Featured, Gospel Topics, Repentance, Standard Works, Sunday School, Theology | 2 comments

The Tree of Life – Part 1 This is a three part miniseries which will deal primarily with the powerful symbolism encompassed in the Tree of Life. The second part of this essay will provide a broad survey of the Tree of Life in other religious traditions and the...
Revelation Bias…Fair and Balanced, Part 2: The Book of Mormon

Revelation Bias…Fair and Balanced, Part 2: The Book of Mormon

by Pablo | Jun 11, 2012 | Book of Mormon, Faith, Mormonism, Revelation, Theology | 26 comments

In Part 2 of this series on revelation, we will closely examine the Book of Mormon. If you have not read Part 1 of this series, I highly recommend that you do so before reading this post (you can read it here). In the final month of my mission, I spent a lot of time...

Book of Mormon Lesson 7: 2 Nephi 3-5

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Feb 18, 2012 | Book of Mormon, Standard Works, Sunday School | 12 comments

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.....

Book of Mormon Lesson 6: 2 Nephi 1-2

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Feb 12, 2012 | Book of Mormon, Sunday School | 13 comments

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...

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
  • Twitter
  • RSS

Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress