[…] relativity, quantum theory is at least as funda mental and has far more applications in the “real” world. Quantum theory essentially tells us that our whole notion of the universe as a collection of […]
[…] is changing and it is changing in a major way. On 9 December 1987 an official Church news release described the belief in the superiority of one race or color over another as “abhorrent […]
<i>Dialogue 24.3 (Fall 1991): 43–57</i><br> Before the Manifesto was first read in conference, members and church leaders fully believed in plural marriage as being a commandment from God. Once the Manifesto was read, over […]
[…] satisfaction of their spouses or the begetting of children. The idea of sex for per sonal and mutual gratification is a totally foreign concept to them. Most Church leaders would agree that this sentiment […]
[…] was going to die in less than four hours. Then I had to call Jimmy with the news we had expected but hoped we would not hear. Lawyers calling at this point must work […]
[…] years, my exit from the ward doors to see what I could see in the big wide world? Why not talk about my en counters with other “isms”—Taoism, Buddhism, humanism, existential ism, fundamentalism, Sufism, […]
[…] introduced Morgan to sex. Morgan’s correspondence suggests that the romance, at least in its early stages, was mutual. While Morgan’s social situation may have improved with the intro duction of Madeline Reeder into his […]
[…] sought employment in Utah, Peacock’s memories of rejection resurfaced. She objected to an editorial in the Church News section of the Deseret News, entitled “The Place of Women,” that told of Joseph Smith’s advocacy for […]
[…] Mormon literature apart to the remarkably similar extremes of right-wing and left-wing piety and cultural correctness and mutual exclusion. Of course, there are honorable exceptions, which all of us should encourage by careful read […]
[…] of our own and assist them with their problems.” “Messages of the First Presidency: Humanitarian Aid,” Church News, week ending 6 Oct. 2001, 2. “My plea—and I wish I were more eloquent in voicing […]