Mormonism and the Problem of Heterodoxy
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Did Christ Pay for Our Sins?
Amulek asks us a rhetorical question, “Now, if a man murdereth, be hold will our law, which is just, take the life of his brother?”(Alma 34:11). Obviously the answer is no, and Amulek says as much. We don’t think it is just to punish innocent people for crimes they did not commit. And we are right to think so. But Amulek concludes, “The law requireth the life of him who hath murdereth therefore there can be nothing short of an in finite atonement which will suffice for the sins of the world”(Alma 34:12).
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Finitism and the Problem of Evil
According to traditional theism, God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. If God were omnibenevolent, he would want to eliminate evil. If God were omnipotent, he would be able to eliminate evil. So why should there be any evil? This problem is, by far, the most discussed subject in the philosophy of religion. In this paper, I argue that rejecting the traditional notion of God is the best way to deal with this problem.
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Defending Magic: Explaining the Necessity of Ordinances
In this paper I want to deal with a large gap in Christian theology, in general, and in LDS theology, in particular. The gap is the lack of explanation of the moral necessity of religious…
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What Does God Write in His Franklin Planner? The Paradoxes of Providence, Prophecy, and Petitionary Prayer
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