For most of us, there is little doubt that science was victorious in its centuries -long warfare with theology. From Galileo—kneeling in the robes of a penitent criminal before his Inquisitors, pleading for mercy […]
[…] Church’s scriptural literalism or naturalistic interpretation of otherworldly beings and events. “Mormons teach that angels are resurrected humans,” Stack added, “so giving them wings flies in the face of that belief.” In yet a […]
[…] clinical experience, and looking for alternative explanations to clarify some of the mystery surrounding the development of human sexuality and specifically homosexuality.” Stout’s overview provides a guide to the updated psychological research from the […]
[…] and religion are not incompatible. The contention is that science and religion can be made to co -exist by compartmentalization, that is, by carefully limiting the scope of each so that neither intrudeson the […]
Editor’s note: In light of the Washington Post piece on “The Genesis of a church’s stand on race” we bring back from the archives the famous article cited therein. This essay […]
[…] we will lose gay people, their family members, their friends, and other sympathetic Church members, particularly younger people who do not see same -sex marriage as a threat to society or a sin against God.”
[…] role in the lives of Latter–day Saints by being able to create a point of intersection between human desires for righteousness and the divine willingness to be bound by covenant. This point has remained […]
[…] scientific and mathematical works, advocated the Platonic view that scientific truths are known to God and that humans merely rediscover them as their knowledge progresses. Orson’s older brother Parley P. Pratt emphasized that LDS […]
[…] Jacoba’s identity as a kin–builder. This article is about “kinship” and other terms that pertain to making humans into relatives. Words like “primos” and “tía” represent a few more of those kin terms. I […]
[…] most reliable surveys on religion in American life, more than half of all Latterday Saints believe that humans always existed in present form. Only 11% believe that humans evolved due to natural processes, and […]