[…] rather than in the more contingent and finite terms used by Joseph Smith; (2) a redefinition of human nature in the pessimistic terms associated with the traditional dogmas of original sin and human depravity, […]
[…] converts who come to Zion. They think we should be perfect, and when they find we are human, they become disenchanted, often go home, and sometimes leave the Church.” We knew there was some […]
[…] the same respect for the dignity of life and the same belief in the worth of all human beings that characterized his life. And I would hope also that the man who gave his […]
During its first 158 years, Mormonism, like any other religious system, has developed its own theological and ritual structure with its own built-in defensive mechanisms. A fundamental part of this defensive infrastructure is a series…
[…] character must be. Among my intuitions are these: that God is a marvelous yeast working upon the human conscience rather than a legalistic judge or a meticulous giver of rules; that he pities humanity […]
[…] vision of the three glories, which indicated that salvation would come to a much broader category of human beings than most Christian churches accepted but did not mention baptism as a necessary prerequisite to […]
[…] contribution to the society in which you will live. . . . Almost the entire field of human endeavor is now open to women.” He further cited Rachel Carson as an exemplar, “trained in […]
[…] disappointments of the war—Saddam Hussein’s continuing strangle hold of power, Kuwait’s and our other Arab allies’ persistent human rights abuses and anti-democratic systems, the failure of attempts to convene a Middle East peace conference, […]
Change is an inevitable though variable process in human societies and natural environments. Each generation perceives changes in their cultural universe, laments what is being lost, and wonders what will persist. They leave behind […]
[…] football team. The chief mover and shaker in this tremendous change was Ernest L. Wilkinson, a diminutive human dynamo, who would allow nothing to stand in his way of making BYU a well-known university […]