Last weekend I was asked whether I had ever had a crisis of faith. This wasn’t the first time, but I had to ask for some room to define, to interpret the question. I will write about my chain of…
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About faith crises
Tagged with: Crisis of Faith, Faith, Hyrum Smith, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith, Mormon, Mountain Meadow massacre, society, Sociology, Sunday School, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Posted in History, Mormonism, Politics, Religion, Society
Posted in History, Mormonism, Politics, 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.…
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
Women in The Priesthood
Now and again I hear someone ask when women will receive the Priesthood, which I spell with a capital P to denote that I mean the Priesthood expounded in the D&C as a whole package, including all the covenants. The…
About Orthodoxies
I wanted to digress more into this when writing the science/religion post, so I decided to do a post on it, a short one. Because it doesn’t really require that much room to say, that I don’t see that Orthodoxy…
Tagged with: Article of Faith, Christ, Holy Spirit, Jesus, LDS Church, Mormon, Mormonism, Orthodoxy, Preach My Gospel, Thomas S. Monson, Word of Wisdom
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
Exercising Faith, Revisited Again
So, it is time to write about it again. I actually read my previous Faith posts — some of which may be difficult to discern, because they don’t come right out and say, “this is about Faith!” Well, now, this…
Tagged with: Atonement, Faith, Good Works, Jesus, LDS Church, Love Thy Neighbor, Mormonism, Mormons, Plan of Salvation, Sociology, Works
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
About Trying To Serve God And Mammon Or the Gospel of Wealth
Part religious pondering, part political polemic, this is an indictment of the Gospel of Wealth. Not party politics, though! But if you are interested, I take a bit crusty look at the culture that insinuates that if you’re poor or sick, it’s because you’ve earned it (see Mosiah 4:16-23).
Just What Is Moral Courage Part 2
Just in the case that someone got the wrong impression from my first edition of this. I’m presenting things in a little bit different manner, but essentially I’m saying the same thing: There are times when we need to go against the social pressure if we wish to obey the commands of our conscience.
We are planning some action against "Defective by Design", AKA DRM
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