On another forum (in another language), we had some discussion about Critical History some while ago. In that discussion, I guess we all were very much for open history. The audience was somewhat self-selected for openness, as it is a…
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Gay marriage, another personal take
As someone else already pointed out, marriage ceremony was always between one man and one woman in Judeo-Christian culture, although one man could end up with more than one living wife in several cultures in history (including The Church of…
Tagged with: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gay, LDS, Mormon, Same-sex marriage, United States
Posted in Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Society
Posted in Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Society
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
The Other Major Spiritual Tradition from Middle East
I am going to discuss different spiritual traditions. First of all, it is good to get the idea across, that for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints it’s an article of faith that: “…we believe that He will…
Tagged with: Allah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Divinity of Jesus, Islam, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Prophet, Religion Spirituality, Sura
Posted in Islam, Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Islam, 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
Are Science & Religion At War?
For some reason this is the age of fundamentalism. There are groups in Christian, Muslim and Jewish (and some other) circles, who interpret their scriptures very literally. What they say in essence, is that the Bible/Qur’an/Younameit is literally true word…
Tagged with: Bible, Christendom, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Creatio Ex Nihilo, Ex nihilo, God, Jesus Christ, New Atheism, Non-overlapping magisteria, Stephen Jay Gould
Posted in Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
Posted in Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
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.
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