[…] person; he relies on the tests of “prove all things” and “by their fruits” because he regards no human authority as infallible. The Iron Rod sees some human authorities—prophets, scriptures and inner promptings—as sufficiently re […]
[…] a man with architectural training could give to his family. He could, when not busy with child-care, design a home for his family and supervise its construction, thus saving thousands of dollars. A man […]
“If there is anything virtuous, lovely . . . we seek after these things.” Granted. But loveliness by what criteria? We in the Church often presume a common aesthetic; or when conflicts in judgment arise—whether…
[…] for caps, gowns, and hoods,” in the United States. Before that there were no rules. You could design your own; and that liberty goes as far back as these fixings can be traced. The […]
[…] doubt in religious matters or to call all doubt sinful is to deny a central fact of human experience and to ignore the very real doubts of some pivotal religious leaders. As Frances Lee […]
[…] that he did not consider the least sinful; but, more importantly, it would block the progress of human inquiry. The next word of significance in the title is species, a term then synonymous with […]
[…] the Tanners have repeatedly demanded that Mor monism live up to standards of rectitude impossible for any human organization to achieve or else give up its truth claims. On the other hand, the Tanners […]
[…] terms of relevance for today, or meaning is sought only in light of the nature of today’s human relationships, the search will be deflected down a hopelessly wrong road. With respect to ancient writings, […]
[…] as a theocratic commonwealth with a prophet-king, a governing political body (“Council of Fifty”), and a grand design to establish a Mormon state within a state. In these early revelations on war Smith presaged […]
[…] in God’s estimation. If polygamy is the Lord’s order, we must carry it out in spite of human laws and persecutions’ ” (1974, 105). Yet, Elizabeth reports that the first wife had told her […]