I must confess that I calculated the headline to be provocative. I mean to provoke, but I also mean to clear my own thoughts a little. I do not think that it is a far-fetched thought that Nationalist ideas have…
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Thinking and attempting to discuss life, religion and other things that we experience here. I often have a theme displaying my LDS background.
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Destructive Nationalism in Support of Racism and Slavery (Nationalism Part 2)
Tagged with: Atlantic slave trade, Christianity, Jews, Martin Luther, Martin Luther King, Nation-State, Rome, Rudyard Kipling, Slavery, United States
Posted in History, Politics, Religion, Sociology
Posted in History, Politics, Religion, Sociology
They say I’m not Christian? I’m indifferent…
The headline here is revealing. So I’ve been reading yet another set of press articles, where “journalists” interview a Baptist pastor about the “Mormon” faith? (Deep breath.) Anyhow, there have been about a billion blog posts, where Mormons argue that…
Tagged with: Christ-like life, Christianity, Jesus Christ, LDS Church, Mormonism, Mormons, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Posted in Mormonism, Religion, Society
Posted in Mormonism, Religion, Society
Rise (and fall) of rational Theology
When I mentioned King James Bible in an earlier post, I deliberately left out the turmoil of Continental Europe. The 17th century brought on wars that have somewhat falsely been called religious wars, but are generally the 30 years war.…
Celebrating King James Bible
Some others may have read the August Ensign, and noted the pages dedicated to celebrating 400 years of King James Bible. I was sort of inspired to put my 2 cents about the Bible in ordered bits as if someone…
Tagged with: Bible, Biblical Inerrancy, Christianity, Joseph Smith, King James Bible, Protestant Reformation, Reformation
Posted in History, Language, Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
Posted in History, Language, Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
Crisis, Choice and Commitment
So a theme I’ve been reading about lately is the crisis of faith phenomena in Mormon circles. It seems that there are endless numbers of people who 1) have been brought up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…
Tagged with: Choice, Christianity, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Commitment, Crisis of Faith, Faith, Freedom of Choice, God, Jesus, Mormon, Religion and Spirituality, Richard Bushman
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Hierarchy
What is “hierarchy”? Let me answer in the words of etymology dictionary: c.1343, from O.Fr. ierarchie, from M.L. hierarchia “ranked division of angels” (in the system of Dionysius the Areopagite), from Gk. hierarchia “rule of a high priest,” from hierarches…
Tagged with: Brigham Young, Christianity, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Conversion, Eucharist, Joseph Smith, Mormon, Priesthood, Revelation, Sacrament meeting, Sustaining Leaders
Posted in Language, Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
Posted in Language, Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
Misconceptions, Testimony etc.
[Edited for some glaring grammatical mistakes, and begging for your understanding regarding the remaining ones.] I’ve been thinking–and of course reading–about the so-called shaken faith thing. What I’m about to say, is given without documentation, just some personal observation. Look…
Tagged with: "Shaken Faith", Bible, Brigham Young, Christianity, Holy Spirit, Joseph Smith, LDS Church, New Testament, Old Testament, Prophecy, Prophets, Religion and Spirituality
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
What does Christmas mean to me?
First, a disclaimer; while I don’t claim to represent the Church or the official standpoint of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (what I usually incorrectly call “LDS Church”), I consider myself a faithful Latter-day Saint, and I…
Tagged with: Book of Mormon, Celebrate, Christianity, Christmas, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, New Testament, Old Testament, Praise, Rejoice, Resurrection, Roman Empire, Wikipedia, Winter Solstice
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
We are planning some action against "Defective by Design", AKA DRM
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Please take a look at Free Software Foundation, Freedom is important for software, too.
