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February 2015

February 10, 2015

Seems odd

Does anyone else find it odd that John Dehlin has been excommunicated in part for his...

February 10, 2015

John Dehlin’s Excommunication

John Dehlin has apparently been excommunicated. The letter from his Stake President is here:

January 2015

January 08, 2015

More Confusion about Historicity

David Bokovoy is a smart guy, a good scholar, and a wonderful human being. But...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

Strange?

It is strange that being in favor of contextual, historical, scholarly, rigorous, historical, detailed study of scripture...

November 05, 2014

Taking a Stand

Some people have objected to the little satire I posted about the new Maxwell Institute (MI) a...

November 04, 2014

Religious Education Curriculum Change 3

Here are some official statements; the first from the Church The second from Brent Top,...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Clarification

Some people seem to have misunderstood part of my concerns. I have no objection whatsoever to...

October 27, 2014

The Dehistoricizing Impulse

It seems to me what is happening in both the "new" CES/BYU curriculum and at...

October 27, 2014

New BYU Religious Education Curriculum

BYU's College of Religious Education has accepted a new curriculum. They plan to replace the old...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

Does God Know the Past?

The claims of some liberal LDS that God might choose to reveal "inspired fiction" in...

July 13, 2014

Historicity as Dividing Line

The default assumption of non-LDS is that the unique LDS scripture in the Pearl of...

July 12, 2014

David Larsen on Scripture

An in depth and insightful analysis of the nature of scripture from David Larsen at...

July 11, 2014

Ether’s Cave

Matt Roper has an insightful blog called "Ether's Cave." (I like that name. It speaks...

July 11, 2014

Abrahamic Issues

The recent Church statement on the "Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham" has...

July 08, 2014

Historicity of the Book of Abraham

This statement seems difficult to reconcile with claims of a fictional Book of Abraham.

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Thoughts on Historicity

Those who propose that our scriptures are best understood as "inspired fiction" almost inevitably frame...

May 2014

May 10, 2014

Have I Misunderstood?

In response to my criticisms of his views (which I can't directly access; indirectly here),...

April 2013

April 07, 2013

Iconotropy and the JS Abraham Facsimiles

Iconotropy is an English neologism from Greek, meaning literally "image turning." It is defined as...

April 03, 2013

Fair podcast on the Book of Abraham.

See here.