Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Latter-day Saint

evidence

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 March 2014 August 2013 February 2012

September 2026

September 22, 2026

“The Appeal of Socialism and the Case Against It”

It's not a particularly well-guarded secret that my enthusiasm for the presidency of Mr....

December 2025

December 07, 2025

Evidence and argument in thinking about the existence of God

I've just begun looking at a book by Michel-Yves Bolloré and Olivier Bonnassies that...

September 2025

September 23, 2025

“You really ought to give Iowa a try” (from “The Music Man”)

At one point, the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, was well on its way to...

September 23, 2025

Is there seeming evidence against the Restoration? Sure!

My Monday was exceptionally long and very busy, and I had no time whatever,...

August 2025

August 09, 2025

“An Assessment of the Evidence for Psychic Functioning”

Here's another Deseret News report from the 2025 FAIR Conference: "‘This is a woman’s...

March 2025

March 18, 2025

Facing the Facts

Such stories don't get much coverage in the major media: National Review, from back...

August 2024

August 18, 2024

It’s so big!

Retired federal judge Paul Warner is the featured interview in this latest very...

March 2024

March 13, 2024

“Objective Public Proof”?

I occasionally use the expression objective public proof. I've recently been asked what I...

January 2024

January 22, 2024

Something that Christians don’t need to believe

Spencer Kraus, Martin Tanner, Hales Swift, and Brent Schmidt came together for the 7...

November 2023

November 26, 2023

Of quasars and Jesus

In case you haven't seen or read it yet: "The First Presidency’s 2023...

October 2023

October 04, 2023

A few thoughts about faith, reason, and science

"I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding...

September 2023

September 26, 2023

No evidence? None at all? Really? This isn’t serious.

I've recently noticed an, umm, online "discussion" in which several former Latter-day Saints...

July 2023

July 19, 2023

Belief under conditions of uncertainty

Earlier today, one of the commenters on this blog -- I hope that...

May 2023

May 20, 2023

Preliminary notes on faith

I think that I failed to mention this item when it appeared on...

May 07, 2023

Are there arguments and evidence for theism? Should there be?

“In all areas except religion,” Richard Dawkins claimed in a blogged panel discussion...

September 2022

September 01, 2022

“What You Didn’t Hear About the LGBT Pamphlet at BYU”

Wow. This article, written by the forthright and courageous Cassandra Hedelius, is both...

April 2022

April 10, 2022

Entering into Easter Week

*** Virtually all historians, of all religious opinions, agree that Jesus was...

January 2022

January 29, 2022

Two Cemeteries, Ice Age and Modern

*** We drove to Hancock Park today to meet with friends that...

January 28, 2022

Honoring Joseph’s Theophany, and Covenant Theology for Latter-day Saints

*** A little article of mine -- the most recently published installment...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

A Note on Evidence (Part Three)

*** One reaction: "Just Started Dan Vogel's New Book: Already Chagrined by the...

March 03, 2021

Our New Website

First of all, I want everyone out there to be aware of the...

March 02, 2021

A Note on Evidence (Part Two)

Continued from "A Note on Evidence (Part One)": I've tried to explain...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

A Note on Evidence (Part One)

There is a zealous atheist who comments multiple times daily on my blog. ...

January 2021

January 15, 2021

“The Most that Evidence Can Do”

Latter-day Saints are often criticized for their conviction that faith is a gift...

January 15, 2021

Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon, and the Genuine Existence of the Golden Plates

Just up, in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, by Amanda...

January 07, 2021

The Official “Witnesses” Poster and Trailer Are Now Available

The publicity campaign for the Interpreter Foundation's Witnesses dramatic film is now underway. ...

October 2020

October 04, 2020

“Even if we cannot prove them with absolute certainty”

Yet another passage from Alister McGrath's "Twilight of Atheism" talk as it appears,...

September 2020

September 20, 2020

On weighing evidence regarding near-death experiences

What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And...

August 2020

August 20, 2020

A ten-minute video on “Evidences of the Book of Abraham: Historicity”

The official magazine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for...

May 2020

May 24, 2020

“Once you have died you will know it anyway.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004), the famous Swiss-American physician, psychiatrist, and author of, among many...