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Rise (and fall) of rational Theology

Sunday,August 7th, 2011 4 comments

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.

It was about formerly Catholic princes, king, dukes etc. pitting their forces against Read more…

Crisis, Choice and Commitment

Thursday,May 26th, 2011 2 comments

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 Saints (LDS Church) by parents, who have taught the gospel at home and have strongly supported their childrens’ activity; 2) have also “found out” something they think is compromising Read more…

Oh, Mother!

Friday,May 20th, 2011 Leave a comment

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 with the article and podcast.

The podcast shoots down some stuff that many of us LDS folks have heard in recent decades. An example: “We don’t talk about Heavenly Mother Read more…

Rachel vs. Leah

Friday,April 15th, 2011 4 comments

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 bears children to Jacob, and in their nomadic society children were an asset, not a liability as they these days seem to be Read more…

Are Science & Religion At War?

Wednesday,January 19th, 2011 11 comments

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 for word. That it’s been received from God just as it is today. My irreverent question would be, “which version of them?” and I beg your pardon, and no disrespect meant for your Scripture. I believe in the Bible. Read more…

A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste

Monday,February 15th, 2010 6 comments

What’s on your mind? Have you ever seen that line? Quite a few people have.

Have you given much thought to what that Read more…

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