[…] in reality, it has simply gone underground. I would like to make it abundantly clear that I am not trying to paint a lurid picture of Mormons as wild-eyed fanatics. We generally tend to […]
[…] maybe it is all a great libel. It doesn’t matter. What matters is what the religion is today. Many worthy religions have foundered when their adherents forgot their original principles—but here is a religion […]
[…] away their chores and celebrate the goodman’s return. “Nae Luck” “Mormon Jubilee” And are ye sure the news is true? And are ye sure he’s well? Is this a time to tawk of work? […]
<i>Dialogue 19.1 (Spring 1986): 69–75</i><br> How does the Book of Mormon present the basic doctrines of the gospel? What role should the Book of Mormon play in our religious and intellectual lives?
[…] were not with the original text, but with translation and transmission, and clergy with evil intent. I am aware of no evidence that Joseph knew of higher criticism; we can only speculate as to […]
[…] three days later. “You are Estevan Aju’s father?” he asked. “Yes.” “I’ve come from Tecpan.” “You have news of Estevan—is he all right?” The missionary looked down, shook his head. “Dead,” he said. “Muerto?” […]
[…] view held among many New Testament scholars, but what is well known in one community may be news to another. Thus I share it for its relevance to the LDS communities and suggest further […]
[…] his nostril three or four times. “Is that really so about those rafters?” Sarmantha asked. “Yes, ma’ am,” Simpson affirmed. “It’s really so.” Otis walked down the street for the mail, knowing he couldn’t […]
[…] deserted them for other realms.” That brings me to mourn the loss of irrigation ditches, since I am old enough to remember when the gutters on either side of Main Street in Salt Lake […]
[…] as my experience has shown. I may “ingest,” by reading, a false analogy like the ones I am talking about; I may “eat” error. Yet I do not necessarily become erroneous; I can analyze […]