• Sep 3, 2016

    These Things

    There is a verse in the Book of Mormon that is horrifically proof-texted, and strained to such an interpretation as to defy reason. That verse is Alma 39:5:

  • Aug 28, 2016

    Questions

    There are many ways to learn. One is superior above all others, and that is to ask questions. I touched on this in a previous post, but I believe it bears repeating.

  • Aug 21, 2016

    My Religion

    I’ve thought for a long time about how I can describe my religion. The earliest versions where characterized by what it isn’t. I’m not really a Mormon. I’m not really a Christian. I’m not really agnostic. I’m not really gnostic.

  • Aug 20, 2016

    Jonah

    For the past several of months, I have had an incessant drumbeat in my head, urging me to “find others like you”. It is a plea to bring others together, to draw them in, to gather them; it is all the same message.

  • Aug 20, 2016

    Changes

    Steve Evans over at By Common Consent has published a “Laundry List” of changes he would like to see the LDS Church make.

  • Aug 14, 2016

    Frustration

    There are some attitudes that I witness over and over again that leave me exasperated and frustrated. Coming from the Mormon context, I routinely see these comments and attitudes on display:

  • Jul 24, 2016

    Intelligence and Voices

    A while ago I posed the question:

  • Jul 19, 2016

    Experiments

    On the popular TV show MythBusters, one of the hosts once said:

  • Jun 12, 2016

    Knowledge

    Sure knowledge is the enemy of learning.

  • Apr 14, 2016

    Ad Hominem

    An ad hominem fallacy is one where, instead of attacking an argument directly, you attack a person making the argument, and use your attacks on that person as a way to discredit the argument. In short, you’re ignoring the thing being debated and attacking the debater.