[…] as a race and as a nation; this about 600 B.C., leaving the American continents again without human inhabitants. Then into these second time empty American continents—empty of human population—we want the evidence of […]
In more than 150 years, Mormonism has experienced a series of interrelated and crucial transitions, even transformations. This study de scribes five of these linked transitions as individualism to corporate dynasticism, authoritarian democracy to authoritarian…
[…] led ultimately to moral principles that helped lay the foundation for modern medicine. The gospel view of human beings as allies of God, in the quest for solutions to life’s problems has been particularly […]
[…] and fair, would be characterized by future writers as being a shrew, primarily because of her predictable, human responses to unusually stressful circumstances. Lucy Mack Smith, who lived either with or near Emma through […]
[…] of Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants when discussing the topic. It seems to be part of the human condition to rely on the tried and true rather than the new. Nor did the early […]
[…] power. Why, his parents thought his name was Simon.” Kevin shook his head in good-natured recognition of human folly. “The Lord himself gave Peter his proper name when he called him to the work. […]
[…] irony that any Mormon would experience a sense of blocked opportunity, for, theologically, with the doctrine that human beings are potential gods and goddesses, we are the church of maximum opportunity. This doctrine of […]
[…] a mangled cat’s head on his doorstep; another time, a wad of tin foil with strands of human hair wound around a piece of bone. Still, he played hardball, cried repentance from the pulpit, […]
[…] Stephen Jay Gould has written, It is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists—whether through design or stupidity, I do not know—as admitting that the fossil record includes no transitional forms. Transitional […]
[…] but which for me has always had the ring of truth. Two key statements epitomize this heretical, human-centered religion: first, that it is the glory of God and therefore his veritable raison d’etre “to bring […]