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June 2015

June 15, 2015

Jenkins Response 3: Rules of Engagement

As Milton once insightfully said: A mind not to be changed by place or time....

June 15, 2015

Jenkins Response 2: Expertise

The story is told of a man who was never wrong in anything he said....

June 14, 2015

Response to Jenkins 1

I have to admit that I've been playing a prank here on Patheos. (For those...

May 2015

May 18, 2015

Philip Jenkins on Book of Mormon Historicity

Philip Jenkins, a scholar I admire, has been critiquing Book of Mormon historicity on his...

May 03, 2015

Does Historicity Matter?

The ever insightful Neal Rappleye

April 2015

April 15, 2015

Challenge Refused

Twelve days ago I issued a challenge to critics of John Gee's review of Paul...

April 03, 2015

The Real Issue on Paul Owen and the Maxwell Institute

John Gee recently published a critique of Paul Owen's "Theological Apostasy and the Role of Canonical...

March 2015

March 13, 2015

Historical Criticism and Historicity

I'm off traveling for a while, and will have intermittent internet access, and time for...

February 2015

February 10, 2015

Seems odd

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

February 07, 2015

Historicity 1: What is History

Hamblin and Peterson Desert News Column on Historicity. More to come!

January 2015

January 08, 2015

A Great American Novel?

The vast majority of people understand precisely the implications of a fictional Book of Mormon....

January 08, 2015

More Confusion about Historicity

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

January 07, 2015

Changes in Moroni 10:4-5

In order to be more inclusive of apostate, cultural, marginal, liberal and progressive Mormons, the...

December 2014

December 29, 2014

I agree

At the risk of being accused of shameless sycophancy, I agree with virtually everything Dan...

December 28, 2014

Despair

I have come to despair of ever having a coherent discussion with liberal Mormons. Conservatives...

December 24, 2014

More Excellent Insights

More excellent insights from Ralph Hancock about the controversies related to the new direction of the Maxwell...

December 22, 2014

“To Whom Shall We Go?”

Ralph Hancock's important insights into the controversy surrounding the new direction at the Maxwell Institute....

December 15, 2014

On Clarity and Misrepresentation

Without clarity there can be no understanding. Human language is inherently ambiguous. We've all experienced being...

December 15, 2014

Ben Park’s Response

Ben Park has posted a response to the controversy. It can be found here. It...

December 15, 2014

Grant Hardy on Park’s Essay

Grant Hardy and I have been corresponding concerning my interpretation of Ben Park's essay. I...

December 13, 2014

Please Don’t Ask Me to Bear My Testimony!

My critics are much exercised because they believe I am trying to force someone to...

December 12, 2014

Clarification on Park’s View?

Some of my critics have claimed that I have taken Ben Park’s statements out of...

December 12, 2014

“You’re a plague and we are the cure.”

“You're a plague and we are the cure.” Agent Smith, The Matrix Benjamin Park, Ph.D. Cambridge,...

December 02, 2014

Exactly

Neal Rappleye's insightful comments.

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 30, 2014

Religious Education Curriculum Change 2

To illustrate my concerns regarding the change in CES/BYU curriculum, let's look at the study...

October 28, 2014

Clarification

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

October 27, 2014

Rejecting Historicity?

The fundamental problem of rejecting the historicity of the Book of Mormon is that it...