Jana Riess: Truth Doesn’t have to be Empirical
Jana Riess has recently published a book called Flunking Sainthood in which she decides to spend 1 month participating in various spiritual rituals. For example, she spent one month fasting from sun up...
View ArticleBoomerang Back to Religion
I transcribed a bit more of the Jana Riess interview from Mormon Stories. Â There have been many posts (such as this one by Mike S) lamenting the fact that the activity rates seem to be slowing for the...
View ArticleJesus had a wife?
Karen L. King / Harvard I’ve enjoyed reading about a recently discovered document scholars have dubbed “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife.” Â It’s just a scrap of papyrus that dates to around 150-200 AD, but...
View ArticleConjoined Twins: Lori and George Schappell
Lori and George Schappell Lori and George Schappell are the oldest living craniopagus (joined at the head)Â twins. Â The twin girls were born in 1961, and it was believed that they not only shared...
View ArticleHoneymoon Problems
Samira and Firas Samira and Firas are a Muslim couple married in August 2009. As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been watching the TLC program, Strange Sex (also available on Netflix.) For...
View ArticleToxic Perfectionism
Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore bperfect, even as your cFather which is in heaven is dperfect. UVU Professor Kris Doty spoke last week at UVU. Kris Doty, Asst. Prof of Psychology, Utah Valley...
View ArticleTaxes, Spending, and Corn
I was late to church because I was finishing up on filing my taxes. This is the time of year when we get to look and see how much we’re sending to the government, and while many of us enjoy the tax...
View ArticleAre Conspiring Men….Making us Fat?
Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of aevils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of bconspiring men in the last days, I have cwarned you, and forewarn you, by...
View ArticleHow Racism, Sexism, and other Stereotypes Hurt Our Performance
We all know that racism exists. Jeff (The Race is On) and I (The Black 14 of Wyoming) wrote about racism last week at Wheat and Tares. But one commenter in particular said that race is not a problem....
View ArticleGlobal Warming as a Religion
Al Gore I just finished SuperFreakonomics, the sequel to Freakonomics. It’s an entertaining book that I highly recommend. In chapter 5, they discussed whether global warming is even a threat, and...
View ArticleHow do we Define the Science of Evil?
I wanted to continue my series on a National Geographic documentary, The Science of Evil. (A few days ago, I discussed serial killer Jeffrey’s Dahmer, and his baptism in jail following his horrific...
View ArticleThe Circumstances of Evil
We would like to think that we would always choose good over evil, but is that always the case? This is part 3 of my series on a documentary, The Science of Evil. In Part 1, I discussed Jeffrey’s...
View ArticleHebrew in America?
It’s been a long time since I discussed Book of Mormon Geography Theories. Every so often, I get an email from the FIRM Foundation. Basically Rodney Meldrum has proposed a theory in which he believes...
View ArticlePosts Restored – Back to the Present
Many of you have noticed a blast from the past on my blog. Back in Feb 2013, my host server crashed and I had to back up my blog and try to restore it. I picked WordPress.com, thinking that was a...
View ArticleAtheist finds Garden of Eden
Where is the Garden of Eden? I watched a really interesting documentary, part of the Myth Hunters series found on Netflix, Youtube, and CafeMom. They noted that the garden story is so vague that it...
View ArticleCanaanite Dieties
Ba’al with raised arm, 14th-12th century BC, found at Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit), Image found in the Louvre Museum in Paris It’s Easter time again (next Sunday is Easter if you weren’t paying...
View ArticleAre Addictions and Free Will Compatible?
A few weeks ago, I discussed Utah’s attempts to call porn a public health crisis. I don’t think such a designation is useful for a few reasons: (1) the Utah Legislature allocated no funds to combat...
View ArticleMHA 2016
I really enjoyed the Mormon History Association meetings at Snowbird, Utah this weekend. I can’t tell you how much fun these meetings are for me. The thing I hate most is when there are 2 sessions at...
View ArticleJoseph’s DNA test
The most exciting, newsworthy event at the 2016 Mormon History Association meetings was the announcement of the DNA test of Josephine Lyons. As the story goes, Joseph Smith had more than 30 polygamist...
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