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November 2016

November 02, 2016

A Vague Post on Joseph Fielding Smith, Evolution, and Other Sides of His Story

People are multi-faceted and complex. It's very easy to develop an attitude of putting either...

October 2016

October 08, 2016

The Backstory to Elder Eyring’s Age of the Earth Comment and Creationism

Elder Eyring told a story in this recent General Conference. My father... was a seasoned...

September 2016

September 22, 2016

Why Science is (Mostly) Powerless Against Young Earth Creationism: A Personal Narrative

Young Earth Creationism (YEC) is, ironically, relatively young. I've written about its origins at Religion&Politics (start in...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

David O. McKay, Genesis, and Evolution: Part 2.

In a previous post, I detailed President McKay's explicit, published, written approval of a very...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

David O. McKay on Evolution and Reading Genesis

One part of my book on Genesis 1 (trying to finish this summer) addresses the question...

May 2016

May 09, 2016

Stephen L. Richards on science, religion, questions, and General Authorities

On May 31, 1925, Elder Stephen L. Richards gave the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class...

March 2016

March 14, 2016

Ten Intro Books For Getting a Handle on the Early Chapters of Genesis

A friend recently asked for a list of books to read as an intro to...