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November 2014

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 23, 2014

Temple Studies Feast!

This week brings a real feast for Temple Studies. First, the Interpreter Foundation has...

October 06, 2014

What is the “Last Time”?

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

September 2014

September 25, 2014

At least one person out there likes me

Or, I guess, technically, likes an article I've written.

September 08, 2014

Book of Mormon Conference

Sponsored by the "Book of Mormon Archaeological Forum" (BMAF) on Saturday, 18 Oct, 2014. For...

September 01, 2014

Mormons in Hell on Wheels

I've been watching "Hell on Wheels" on Netflix, a show about the building of the...

August 2014

August 27, 2014

Should be worth reading

Terryl and Fiona Gives, The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections on the Quest for Faith, (Deseret, 2014)

August 26, 2014

Mysticism and Esotericism

I'm teaching a new class at BYU this fall: History 485 "Mysticism and Esotericism." I've...

August 26, 2014

Temple 2: Primordial Sacrifice

This is the most famous and elegant of the representations of the primordial bull sacrifice by...

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 09, 2014

Blair consults a Lawyer

I just received this from Blair Hodges. It is beyond bizarre! William Hamblin's recent blog...

August 09, 2014

“All of you are cowards!”

Reports have reached me of a little incident at the FAIR conference. Apparently Blair Hodges...

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...

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...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Thoughts on Historicity

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

June 30, 2014

LDS First Presidency Statement on Apostasy

Can be found here. It's too bad that those who really need to understand this...

June 23, 2014

George Q Cannon on Apostasy

Interesting perspective from George Q Cannon on the meaning of Apostasy, From FAIR.

June 21, 2014

Predatory Disbelief

Despite the rhetorical posturing of many critics of the Church, it does not excommunicate people...

June 18, 2014

Timely Quotes

From Greg Smith.

June 18, 2014

Apostasy or Heresy?

There is an (intentional?) confusion and conflation among some critics of the Church regarding the...

June 18, 2014

What is Apostasy?

Some of the critics of the Church like to claim that "apostasy" means "standing apart,"...