This year (1972), the Mormon Church is 142 years old, which means that 71 years of its history, or fully half its life, has taken place in the twentieth century. Its written history, on the…
[…] this has been, in part, in preparation for a discussion of an article by Corliss Lamont in Humanist magazine (Jan.-Feb., 1967) entitled “The Crisis Called Death.” If read with sympathy and empathy, this statement […]
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[…] as well as another and at any time. The value to history is the same, but the human interest is considerably diminished. My Dear Son calls for a companion volume of the letters from […]
[…] in the gospel, a concept seemingly incompatible with the cookie-cutter uniformity with which we erect our “authorized” designs in every locale and under every circumstance. A fourth lamp is continuous revelation from God, to […]
[…] Joseph F. Merrill. For me and many others who knew him personally, he was a multi-faceted, magnificent human being. Hugh B. Brown brought an unusually rich experience to the callings of Assistant to the […]
[…] forms of sexual behavior that Kinsey studied. See Alfred C. Kinsey, et. ah, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Philadelphia: Saunders, 1953), pp. 324, 686-687 anc^ passim. The eight items constituting the negative-feelings index […]
[…] These findings add to an ever increasing fund of knowledge demonstrating the strength of cultural influence on human behavior. It would be a mistake to discount religious influence upon any type of behavior that […]
The Mormon Church is a formidable broadcast institution. Through subsidiary corporations and institutions it owns sixteen radio and television stations, a sophisticated international broadcast distribution system, a Washington news bureau, a cable TV system and production and consulting divisions.
[…] my parents teach us, but I respect them for it.” Robert Clyde believes that it is “against human nature to be forced into believing anything. We just try to set the example and hope […]