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We’ve heard these arguments before…

We’ve heard these arguments before…

by Benjamin Knoll | Dec 1, 2015 | Church History, Featured, General authorities, Homosexuality, Racism | 25 comments

On August 27, 1954 Elder Mark E. Peterson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles delivered an address to a gathering of church religion teachers entitled “Race Problems – As They Affect The Church.” He began by cautioning listeners that many in the Church have been...
For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism 1830-2013

For the Cause of Righteousness: A Global History of Blacks and Mormonism 1830-2013

by Miguel Barker-Valdez | Aug 30, 2015 | Book Reviews, Church History, Featured, Modesty, Priesthood, Racism, Revelation | 0 comments

by Mike Barker Ah, yes. Race. We’ve all heard the aphorism, “Two things you never want to discuss are religion and politics.”  For many whites, we want to add a third thing, “Don’t talk about issues of race.”  But to be honest, we...
The Bias is Strong With This One

The Bias is Strong With This One

by Pablo | May 5, 2015 | Featured, Honesty, Priesthood, Racism | 16 comments

Confirmation Bias: Confirmation bias, also called myside bias, is the tendency to search for, interpret, or recall information in a way that confirms one’s beliefs or hypotheses. It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning....
EQ lesson on Race and Priesthood

EQ lesson on Race and Priesthood

by Geoff Nelson | Dec 26, 2014 | Apologetics, Featured, General authorities, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, prayer, Priesthood, Racism, Revelation | 8 comments

It has now been a year since the church first released the Gospel Topics essay about race and the priesthood. The following is a transcript of the EQ lesson in my ward on the first Sunday in December. I thought it was a great discussion and is a interesting case study...
17: Darius Gray and The Priesthood/Temple Ban

17: Darius Gray and The Priesthood/Temple Ban

by Pablo | Aug 11, 2014 | Featured, Mormonism, Podcast, Priesthood | 3 comments

https://media.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/content.blubrry.com/rationalfaiths/dg.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSI was lucky enough to hear Darius speak this past winter at BYU. In his presentation he went over the new Gospel...
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