I’ve been thinking very hard about freedom. It’s not all that complicated in a way. According to most dictionaries, freedom is simply a state, where one’s rights to move around, or form and express one’s opinions without fear of reprisals…
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About the essence of freedom and more griping about nationalism
Tagged with: Blood and Iron, Blood and Soil, Fascism, Freedom of Press, freedom of religion, Freedom of Speech, Germany, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Gratitude, Italy, Kaiser Wilhelm, Nationalism, Nazi Ideology, Otto von Bismarck, Sociology
Posted in Politics, Religion, Sociology
Posted in Politics, Religion, Sociology
About faith crises
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…
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
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
For Common Good From Tribal Society to a Global One
This was my Earth Hour. Well, not exactly, but I thought about responsibility and loving-kindness. And denounce force and extortion. Decided not to categorize this “Politics” because this is not “politics”, although it is.
Tagged with: Book of Mormon, Conservation, Earth, Forgiveness, LDS, Ownership, Poor, Quiestion, Sociology, Stewardship, Theology, Welfare, Zion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
Posted in Mormonism, Religion
We are planning some action against "Defective by Design", AKA DRM
![[FSF Associate Member]](https://i1.wp.com/static.fsf.org/nosvn/associate/fsf-10270.png)
Please take a look at Free Software Foundation, Freedom is important for software, too.
