[…] organization of the Church of Christ; (4) the inauguration of missonary work; and (5) the commencement of mutual aid and helpfulness. From these five seeds, planted in the Palmyra nursery of Mormonism, have grown […]
[…] out with Science and Belief in God, a strong defense of evolutionary thought, and this from Deseret News Press just five years before the controversy over Roberts’ manuscript erupted. Nonetheless, the topic was very […]
[…] struggling for survival. “Oh. Yes.” Oh, Wendy, don’t remind me. All those dances. All those evenings at Mutual, all those afternoons in the junior high gym, all the corners I stood in watching athletes […]
[…] perspective and how this “revelation” is akin to or different from the revelations spoken of in other world religions. The following is an over simplified statement of a complex topic, but it may provide […]
[…] the Church cannot easily write off proselyting in Indonesia. It is the fifth largest nation of the world after China, India, Russia, and the United States of America. It has bounteous natural resources, including […]
[…] Widtsoe, Joseph Smith as Scientist: A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy (Salt Lake City: General Board, Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, 1908), pp. 109-13; Joseph Fielding Smith, Man, His Origin and Destiny (Salt Lake City: […]
[…] what it is supposed to do if it fails to draw people of all faiths together in mutual respect and sympathy.” It may not be realistic to expect the Church to achieve Christensen’s broad […]
<i>Dialogue 17.1 (Spring 1984): 44–50</i><br>The big question for me in this controversy is whether freedom of inquiry, with the agonizing ambiguity that accompanies it, will be sacrificed to the interests of those who demand […]
[…] some topical remarks. Internal headings have also been omitted. One of the most important things in the world is freedom of the mind; from this all other freedoms spring. Such freedom is necessarily dangerous, […]
[…] much to my program for spiritual improvement. I had cut out Sunday picture shows and started attending Mutual every Tuesday night, even when they didn’t have activities, but these were only external things. I […]