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They say I’m not Christian? I’m indifferent…
The headline here is revealing. So I’ve been reading yet another set of press articles, where “journalists” interview a Baptist pastor about the “Mormon” faith? (Deep breath.)
Anyhow, there have been about a billion blog posts, where Mormons argue that their church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a Christian church Read more…
Good and Evil — Thinking of Moral Philosophy
I must stress my disclaimers here, especially: These thoughts are my own, if by nothing else, my adopting them because they make sense and sound right. Also, I am by no means an official representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Just a member with a few decades of experience on local/district (call it diocese or, stake, as we call it). Please feel free to comment, even if you haven’t read every single word here–this is, after all, 1,500 words. I love learning new stuff.
Also, if you run into any leftover spilling mistokes, please let me know and I’ll fix ‘em.
There are many, who struggle to understand good and evil from a post-modern perspective. Read more…
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 Priesthood is incomplete without the covenants.
It is true, that a woman does not receive ordination. On the other hand, even if a man has had hands laid upon his head, he has not received the Priesthood, or fullness of it, unless Read more…
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 is such a big deal for Mormons at all. For some, but certainly when I think of the baptismal interview (which you an read about in the Preach My Gospel available at the Church Web site if you’re interested), or the temple recommend interview, the requirement for Orthodoxy is quite low in the LDS tradition. Read more…
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 one does declare that.
This is part of my philosophical education, I guess Read more…
Speaking Up!
So here we are. After the most physically active summer in my life in a quarter century, I am on my sickbed with a pneumonia — and have lost my voice, too! And exercise is supposed to be good for you!!
So yes, I guess that finally I was forced to “speak up” metaphorically again. Read more…
Freedom ! (?)
That title is shorthand to asking what the freedom is that we want. Freedom from something or freedom for something?
Often we think that it is ideal to be totally independent of other people. Is that really so? Read more…
Just What Is Moral Courage?
These seem to be lose thoughts, but let’s see if we
It is not long ago since I read Elder Christoffersson’s address Moral Discipline from October 2009 General Conference. Now I came back to similar thoughts after reading Pres. Eyring’s message about Moral Courage in the March 2010 Ensign.
The question that begs asking from my point is what moral courage actually is Read more…
The Church Condemned
In my daily study I happened to run into D&C 84:54-55 (emphasis added):
And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief Read more…
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
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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