[…] John Calvin built their respective theologies around an almighty, sovereign God; a depraved, helpless man; and a human predicament requiring the gracious, saving act of God. While these doctrines have persisted from the Reformation […]
[…] Bible may have generated its share of scholarly disagreement, the New Testament’s message about the need for human understanding remains clear and unambiguous. Christians may be divided on various points of doctrine, but at […]
[…] tied to the church building, but to the movable objects that are universally recognized tokens of accomplishment. Human energy and emotions are tied up in a Mormon building today. No mis taking that. But […]
[…] position of the non believer. Historians who do not believe in God or in divine involvement in human activity will not take seriously Joseph’s claim to communication with God. Furthermore, they cut themselves off […]
[…] wp-image-5370″ alt=”higgs-cover” src=”https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/higgs-cover.jpg” width=”116″ height=”188″ /> Cross–posted at By Common Consent by Blair Hodges What is a human? David Grandy called my attention to Richard Dawkins calling attention to G.G. Simpson’s assertion that “all […]
[…] to think as he did? Comparative, transnational histories explore the limits and capacities of the divine and human imagination: what is possible for humans to think and feel? Drawing on observations and suggestions from […]
[…] create some instruments with which we could gather the data. We are currently engaged in that instrument -building phase. As one step in that process, we interviewed several well–established LDS academicians located at various […]
[…] him to hold both that God was always God and that God was at one point a human. He argues that Joseph Smith’s teachings support the position that “There was an interval of time […]
[…] Church members—believe that (1) implies (2): Joseph Smith relied on the Holy Ghost; therefore, the results of human reason are unreliable. However, this is a mistaken argument which, perhaps, can be seen best by […]
[…] The view presented in this article is primarily oriented to and based upon divine revelation rather than human reason. This is not to infer an awful dichotomy between the two, it is only to […]