[…] of time, for he believed that despite what appeared to be a new set of circumstances “ human nature does not change . . .”; hence his faith in isolation remained unshaken. It seems […]
[…] they bound sacred and secular so close together that the dividing line between them all but disappeared. Human endeavor in America became a sacred and eternal reality, a matter of “eternal progression.” By understanding […]
[…] it raised. When In His Image was published, people were forced to ask some provocative questions: Is human cloning actually possible? What are its social, moral and religious implications? What psychological problems will a […]
[…] the next decade in Asia alone, every second of the day a child will be born—3.5 new human beings every second globally. Of this number, some 15 million children annually die—more than 40,000 a […]
[…] theological revolution, a sort of continuing revelation of what a Christ-centered theology should be. As a Christian humanist, I found Miller’s essay, “Humanism, Mormonism,” of particular interest. “Humanism,” is a bad word in some […]
[…] idea of binary gender in his article, “Intersexes in Humans: An Introductory Exploration.” Duane laid out the problem clearly—we can’t say that sex is binary by divine design when it is not binary in nature.
[…] we encounter a series of in-between or liminal phenomena: 1) Adam and Eve, who represent neither fallen humanity nor exalted deities, who “have no status, property, insignia, secular clothing, rank, kinship position, nothing to […]
[…] Adam–God doctrine. The three dispensation periods most spoken about by Woolley were the Adamic dispensation that began humanity, the dispensation at the meridian of time led by Jesus, and the dispensation of the fullness […]
[…] salvation? Despite the doctrinal differences of these Christian sects, there was some consensus on the idea that humanity’s fallen and sinful state had to be overcome through the mediation and power of Jesus Christ’s […]
[…] 14:9,10,13,16; D&C 88:94, cf. D&C 88:05), and “the mother of harlots” (1 Ne. 13:34,14:16) as metaphors for human (usually male) sinfulness. Nor can such entirely mitigate the overall im pression of our scriptures’ negative […]