Balancing the Scales of Obedience and Free Thought: A Reminder and a Call
This is a call to balance the scales of obedience and free thought in our religious community. Recently, I listened to an intelligent discussion on the Mormon Matters podcast on the topic of Wrestling with Prophets and Scripture. I highly recommend the podcast in that...
Akedah – Must We Kill Isaac?
Akedah – Must We Kill Isaac? by Heber Longhurst One of the most striking passages in the Hebrew Bible is the Akedah or the binding of Isaac by Abraham. The great mystery of human death will always produce strong emotional reactions. The presence of death makes...
Who Does God Obey?
I wrote a painful post using a horrible, hackneyed metaphor about God as an artist. Now it is gone, thank goodness, and instead I just want to ask a few questions. In Doctrine and Covenants, God says, “It is not meet that I should command in all things.” Joseph Smith...
Blind Obedience and John C. Bennett
In discussions with devout members of the Church, I have brought up the idea of blind obedience vs. informed obedience. I subscribe to the latter and rail against the former. I am concerned when one’s own moral compass is required to be shut off in order to...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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