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July 2015

July 23, 2015

Jenkins 28: The Myth of “Therefore”

Jenkins "responding" to my question here. My comments in blue. My original source =

July 22, 2015

Jenkins 24: Nahom Part Deux

From Philip Jenkins--charming as usual. My comments in blue. My question for Philip is: "If...

July 17, 2015

Hamblin 33: Moving the Goal Posts

In another classic example of moving the goal post after the touchdown has been made,...

July 10, 2015

Hamblin 30: Rappleye on Methodology

The productive Neal Rappleye has written another excellent mini-essay on the methodological and interpretative issues related...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Jenkins 15:

A couple more short comments from Jenkins. I have added responses from me in Blue ========...

June 29, 2015

Jenkins 14: On Faith

From Prof. Jenkins (My comments added in blue) ============== Following a moment of insight amounting...

June 29, 2015

Jenkins 13: short comments

Several short comments from Prof. Jenkins from over the weekend. ============= As you say, a...

June 17, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 1

Philip Jenkins recently sent several comments to my blog site. I'm collecting them all here...

May 2015

May 03, 2015

Does Historicity Matter?

The ever insightful Neal Rappleye

May 03, 2015

“Not a Divine Product”

On his blog David Bokovoy suggest that Latter-day Saints should adopt the views of Marcus...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

More Confusion about Historicity

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

December 2014

December 28, 2014

Despair

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

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 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,...

November 2014

November 11, 2014

“Expand” your understanding

Expand is a new web page focused on LDS intellectual issues; well worth following. Discussion...

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 28, 2014

My Fifteen Minutes?

After decades of being ignored when critiquing anti-Mormons, apostates, and liberal Mormons, I finally make...

October 27, 2014

Rejecting Historicity?

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

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

This in From Sunstone South

After two and a half years, the "New" Maxwell Institute has finally decided to try...

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...

October 06, 2014

What is the “Last Time”?

A good analysis of the concept of "second time" and "last time" in the Book...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

Blog of the Irish

Robert Boylan (my favorite Irishman--after the Lucky Charms guy) has a new LDS-oriented theological blog...

August 06, 2014

FAIR Conference

I assume that all of my readers are familiar with FAIR (the Foundation for Apologetic...

August 05, 2014

How can they get it so wrong?

Journalists are almost universally noted for their inability to understand the things they about which...