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2013-12-30T20:14:05-05:00

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FPR Best of 2013

Last updated on: December 30, 2013 at 8:14 pm By TT

This year, like many years past, we had some great posts. We tend to be pretty inconsistent week to week, with regular life taking over, but every time we think we are going out of business, something else sparks our interest. Reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated. This year we also resolved to quit reading some of the more problematic Mormon blogs and “journals” (or at least to quit publicly commenting on them). There were a handful of... Read more

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2013-12-16T22:33:30-05:00

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Even Christ’s Body Has an A**hole

Last updated on: December 16, 2013 at 10:33 pm By TT

Communities sometimes find themselves in deep division over really important issues. There is no universal answer to how to respond to these divisions, but one example from the New Testament, in 1 Corinthians, has been deeply influential for me, and one with conflicting messages in our present circumstances. (more…) Read more

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2013-12-16T22:35:49-05:00

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Sorry Brigham, but we’re all the children of Cain!

Last updated on: December 16, 2013 at 10:35 pm By RT

With the recent statement disavowing aspects of Mormonism’s tangled history with racism, attention has turned to Bro Brigham and his legacy of the priesthood ban. As is well known, Young believed in line with many of his contemporaries and modern LDS scripture that the mark of Cain mentioned in the Bible was black skin and that Cain’s descendants could be identified with people of African ancestry. As such, they were a lineage under God’s malediction and unworthy of the priesthood,... Read more

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2013-12-06T12:25:01-05:00

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The Book of Mormon and the Late War: Direct Literary Dependence?

Last updated on: December 6, 2013 at 12:25 pm By RT

The rediscovery of the Late War by Gilbert Hunt recently as a possible source for understanding the language, style, and narrative content of the Book of Mormon has already elicited a considerable amount of discussion and debate. After Duane and Chris Johnson’s computer study of more than 100,000 books published before 1830 indicated that a number of texts had a high incidence of distinctive phrases matching the Book of Mormon (BoM) and that among these the most significant may be... Read more

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2013-10-28T07:39:50-05:00

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Two LDS Perspectives on Religious Studies (A Parody)

Last updated on: October 28, 2013 at 7:39 am By smallaxe

Two LDS scholars have recently voiced their thoughts on the academic study of religion. One can be found here; the other can be found on pages 136-145 of the recent issue of the Religious Educator (14.3, 2013). I’ve brought these two pieces into dialogue for the readers of FPR. NOTE: I have taken things out of context, but I have not changed any of the words except as marked by parentheses. Enjoy! (more…) Read more

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2013-10-15T12:20:46-05:00

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A Mormon’s Serenity Prayer

Last updated on: October 15, 2013 at 12:20 pm By smallaxe

God, grant me the courage to question my leaders; the humility to accept their answers; and the prudence to know when courage becomes arrogance, and humility becomes complaisance. Read more

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2013-10-07T16:33:48-05:00

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What Paul did not mean by apostle

Last updated on: October 7, 2013 at 4:33 pm By gwesley

Paul claims to be an apostle by virtue of his vision/s of Jesus. He does not claim to be an apostle by virtue of Jesus ordaining him to any priesthood. He does not claim to be an apostle by virtue of Peter, another of the twelve, or anyone else ordaining him to any priesthood either, though he does want to point out that years after the fact James and Peter and John accepted him (Galatians 2:6-10). When he refers to... Read more

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2013-10-02T11:13:30-05:00

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“Are Mormons Christians?”: A Blog Round Table (Updated)

Last updated on: October 2, 2013 at 11:13 am By Chris Henrichsen

Author’s Note: This post is cross-posted at Approaching Justice. Are Mormons Christians? For most Mormons, the answer to this question is obvious. Yes, yes they are. They believe in Jesus Christ. This settles it for them For people from other religious perspectives, the answer is obvious but in the negative. Mormons are not Christians. The reasons for this response is varied. For some, few answers are obvious. Instead, this question is more one of inquiry. For me, the question itself,... Read more

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2013-09-04T21:03:29-05:00

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Korihor: An Anachronistic Exemplum of Atheism and Infidelity?

Last updated on: September 4, 2013 at 9:03 pm By RT

In a recent post TT made some interesting observations about Korihor and secularism in the context of the BoM narrative. He expressed skepticism that Korihor should be understood as an anachronistic representative of Enlightenment atheism and provocatively suggested that the narrative is actually arguing in favor of secularism if understood as the separation of ecclesiastical from political powers. I don’t find this reading of the narrative to be persuasive, however, even though many of TT’s questions are well-placed and aspects... Read more

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2013-08-28T10:28:13-05:00

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BYU Professor’s Mormonizing of the Old Testament

Last updated on: August 28, 2013 at 10:28 am By RT

When I opened up my new issue of the BYU magazine, I immediately encountered a short article entitled “Ask the Expert: Hebrew School” that attracted my interest. The article was a brief discussion of several Hebrew names/terms by Donald Parry, a professor of Hebrew, accompanied by a rather large photo of him holding some Hebrew scrolls. I was interested to see what Parry had to say, since he is a well-known Dead Sea Scrolls/Old Testament scholar who has published widely,... Read more

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