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.…
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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
Oh, Mother!
So, I am being “inspired” to write this partially (a big part, I must confess) by an article/podcast discussion about the issue at MormonMatters.org. Not plagiarizing, but just tossing out some thoughts to consider. I encourage you to get familiar…
Tagged with: Celestial marriage, Christ, God, Heavenly Father, Heavenly Mother, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Love, Parents
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Rachel vs. Leah
I’ve been reading the Old Testament, and one of the things that have caught my eye is the rivalry between Rachel and Leah. The basic setting is, that Jacob is more fond of Rachel, but Leah is the one who…
Tagged with: Child, God, Individual, Isaac, Jacob, Leah, Old Testament, Ostracism, Personal Value, Popularity, Rachel, Rachel and Leah (Women of Genesis series)
Posted in Mormonism, Religion, Sociology
Posted in 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
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
“I think, therefore I am,” right? Well, think again. Questioning the deeper mysteries of mind and consciousness. Not trying to answer questions as much as ask the right questions about mind and matter.
Tagged with: Consciousness, Descartes, God, Intelligence, Jehovah, Jesus, LDS, LDS Church, Mind, Mormon, Mormonism, Philosophy, Theology, Wikipedia, Word, Yahweh
Posted in Computers, Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Computers, 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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