[…] it comes to the Book of Mormon, that most correct of books, whose pedigree we love passionately to debate and whose very namesakes we have, all of us, become, I stand mostly with Mark Twain.
[…] but in sists that there is no direct evidence that Smith, in fact, did. He states: “ Today, I acknowledge that people in Joseph Smith’s environs 1829 could have known of chiasmus, but I […]
[…] “kinds” which usually correspond to larger taxonomical categories. Aristotle was not averse to intuiting essences nor are today’s creationists. But their propensity for so doing presents a problem because the ontological status enjoyed by […]
[…] one hand, and wanting to be accepted as a Christian religion on the other. But the Church today, especially in Europe, is surrounded more and more by secular philosophies. Converts come from different paradigms […]
[…] was it first published? Did it have the significant place in early Mormon thought that it has today? If not, when did it begin to take on its present significance in the writings and […]
[…] Rigdon to split from the group, along with other dissenters who went on to set up “common- stock” societies at Mentor and Kirtland, Ohio. By the fall of 1830, Rigdon and more than 100 […]
Dialogue 18.3 (Fall 1985): 108–116 Embry describes the role that polygamy played in the forming of Cardston Canada, both Pre-Manifesto and Post Manifesto.
[…] the earliest Dialogue issues, Keller says “I went because I was frankly worried: worried that my wife and children should find me slipping after talking intense brotherhood, worried that the church members I led […]
My talk today is about how to wrestle with passages of scripture that may test our faith. There are many sections of scriptures that I find troubling, including the sanction of genocide in the […]
[…] head on. During BYU’s 1969-70 academic year, because of the church’s policy of denying blacks the priesthood and temple blessings, there were numerous protests at sporting events. In addition, several schools severed ties with […]