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May 2015

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...

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 07, 2015

A Noble Lie

Often what we hear from progressive and liberal Mormons is that the way to keep...

January 02, 2015

John Gee on “Why They Leave”

John Gee has post two important blogs on the question of why youth leave the...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

Objections Regarding the New Direction at the Maxwell Institute

In a recent blog David Bokovoy has claimed that “what this [dispute] is all really...

December 30, 2014

Infallible?

David Bokovoy advises that we should Remind youth ... that [Church] leaders have made mistakes...

December 28, 2014

Despair

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

December 26, 2014

More Important Insights from Ralph Hancock

More important insights from Ralph Hancock on the issue of "new directions" in Mormon studies....

December 24, 2014

More Excellent Insights

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

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 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 09, 2014

Expand Blog

People should pay attention to the new Expand Blog. Unfortunately, those who really need to pay...

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...

September 2014

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 13, 2014

Blog of the Irish

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