• Aug 16, 2015

    The Glory of God

    If we truly believe in the idea of exaltation and that we will inherit God’s throne and become like Him, then we are explicitly saying that we believe that we must learn orbital mechanics, cellular biology, theories of computation, and advanced mathematics. For these are among all the tools that God uses to ordain His kingdoms. And if we are to be like Him, then we must understand and use these tools as well.

  • Aug 8, 2015

    Limiting God

    A couple of weeks ago, I had an interesting conversation with a man named Jonathan. We got talking about religion, and I proclaimed myself a believer of the Book of Mormon. He was happy for me, but proceeded to say that all we need is the Bible, and quoted Revelation 22:18:

  • Aug 3, 2015

    Not a prophet

    Here is a simplification of a previous post:

  • Jul 30, 2015

    Not the real house

    A beautiful summation of the false illusion of the eternality of the LDS Church from the Exploring Sainthood blog:

  • Jul 27, 2015

    A prophet, a prophet!

    And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: (Mark 13:21)

  • Jul 12, 2015

    How firm my foundation?

    I have a special place in my soul for the hymn “How Firm a Foundation”, especially the latter verses. I think we sing this absent-mindedly, and don’t recognize the significance of this hymn. This is one of a handful of hymns where, instead of us speaking to God, God speaks to us. It is beautiful and humbling to contemplate His words:

  • Jul 11, 2015

    Recognizing the Voice of God

    Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these commandments are of me, and were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their language, that they might come to understanding. (D&C 1:24)

  • Jul 6, 2015

    What If...

    What if the test of polygamy was really to see if Joseph Smith would say “no”? What if by saying “yes”, he failed the test and had to deal with the consequences?

  • Jun 27, 2015

    The Holy Ghost

    Lately I’ve been thinking about a new way of conceptualizing the Holy Ghost.

  • Jun 17, 2015

    The Third Person

    I’ve been studying the Book of Ether recently, and I came across a verse again that has always bothered me: