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2018-12-31
My alleged war against the Maxwell Institute
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2018-12-31
From Cairo to Luxor to Esna
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2018-12-29
New Testament Gospel Doctrine Resources, Part 3: Everything Else
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2018-12-28
Christmas Goodies Ingredients: A Lesson about Justice and Mercy
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2018-12-28
"The Interpreter Foundation and an Apostolic Charge"
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2018-12-28
"Atheist Piety: A Religion of Dogmatic Dubiety"
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2018-12-28
"Israel is laid waste and his seed is not"
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2018-12-27
The governor, the caliph, and the sultan
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2018-12-26
"The Return of Paganism"?
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2018-12-26
"The Gift of the Nile"
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2018-12-26
"What Shall We Give?"
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2018-12-25
On Jesus the shepherd, and on the shepherds
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2018-12-25
"A profound source of spirituality”
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2018-12-25
Merry Christmas!
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2018-12-25
A Reminiscence on a Missionary Christmas
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2018-12-24
The Biblioteca Alexandrina
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2018-12-24
A note on the survival of Christmas after the Protestant Reformation
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2018-12-24
Happy Christmas Eve from Alexandria!
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2018-12-24
Salt Lake Tribune Calls "Mormon God" a Nazi. Repeatedly.
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2018-12-23
With respect to Christmas and the ultimate restoration of all things
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2018-12-23
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 48: Zechariah, Malachi
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2018-12-23
Joseph's Birthday
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2018-12-23
Prophetesses
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2018-12-22
Joseph the Just
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2018-12-22
"The Vatican’s Astronomer on God and the Stars"
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2018-12-22
The sheer fact that he was born
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2018-12-22
Regarding a modern witness to the baby born in Bethlehem
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2018-12-22
A testimony from Katharine Smith Salisbury
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2018-12-21
A few words on finances
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2018-12-21
A Timeline of Egyptian History
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2018-12-21
"Christmas in Transition: From Figgy Pudding to the Bread of Life"
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2018-12-21
At the mouth of the Nile Delta
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2018-12-21
Some Christmas expressions from Brigham Young University
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2018-12-20
Darwin's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
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2018-12-20
Today in Trump News
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2018-12-20
(Very) ancient Heliopolis
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2018-12-20
An Open Letter to the Christchurch Stake on the Day of My Church Discipline
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2018-12-20
A note on the Book of Mormon at Christmas
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2018-12-19
Modern Heliopolis
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2018-12-19
Good Religion or Bad Religion?
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2018-12-19
On Christmas and Christ's 'mortal tabernacle'
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2018-12-19
No man or woman is an island
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2018-12-18
“‘Gangster-jihadist’: The profile of the Strasbourg terrorist is a familiar one” (Part 2)
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2018-12-18
Why not just resign?
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2018-12-18
How the Kiwi Mormon has Responded So Far...
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2018-12-18
Have modern scientists pretty well nailed science down?
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2018-12-18
The Temple and the Gulag
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2018-12-18
Witnessing for Our Kiwi Mormon - Page 6
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2018-12-18
Witnessing for our Kiwi Mormon - Page 5
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2018-12-18
"'Gangster-jihadist': The profile of the Strasbourg terrorist is a familiar one" (Part 1)
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2018-12-17
Consciousness after brain-death?
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2018-12-17
Correcting a bit of imprecision
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2018-12-17
Remembrance of (Weird) Things Past
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2018-12-17
Representing the Bread of Life
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2018-12-17
O great mystery
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2018-12-16
We don't yet know
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2018-12-16
A Year-End Report
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2018-12-16
"A hack that denies the realities of Islam"
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2018-12-16
When Grandma Leona Decided to Walk to the Temple in the Middle of Winter
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2018-12-15
When Grandma and I Ran into Ty Detmer
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2018-12-15
On the surprisingly modern story of a medieval Muslim
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2018-12-15
My Secret
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2018-12-15
A December evening in Salt Lake City
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2018-12-14
On the Attempted "Anti-Masonic" Explanation for the Book of Mormon
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2018-12-14
Vegan Diets, Intestinal Bacteria, Bad Behavior, Neanderthals, and the Moon
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2018-12-14
Witnessing for Our Kiwi Mormon - Page 4
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2018-12-14
"A rose has sprung up, from a tender root"
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2018-12-14
"What I Saw When I Was Dead"
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2018-12-14
Witnessing for our Kiwi Mormon - Page 3
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2018-12-14
"The Nativity, according to Luke"
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2018-12-13
Of blindness and willful blindness
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2018-12-13
Of Colonial Memories and the Cambrian Explosion (Among Other Things)
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2018-12-13
"White Christmas," Irving Berlin, and Sir Winston Churchill
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2018-12-12
Muhammad, Jesus, and Mary
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2018-12-12
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 47: Ezra 1–8; Nehemiah 1–2; 4; 6; 8
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2018-12-12
Luke's Jesus, and Our Lord
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2018-12-12
Deadpool Poster Mocks Latter-day Saints Petition Claims
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2018-12-12
Witnessing for our Kiwi Mormon - Page 2
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2018-12-12
Thanks to those who have been offering technical and legal advice
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2018-12-12
Witnessing for our Kiwi Mormon - Page 1
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2018-12-12
Offering a Witness for our Sister Gina Colvin
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2018-12-12
Some recent science stuff that I liked
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2018-12-11
The Sublime and the Ridiculous
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2018-12-11
Advice would be welcomed
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2018-12-11
Christ can transform darkness into light
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2018-12-11
Perez Hilton Comes Out as Anti-Mormon
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2018-12-11
Hatikvah
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2018-12-11
Question: "Who were the 'wise men'?"
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2018-12-10
The Odd Couple (Part Two)
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2018-12-10
Christmas with the Interpreter Foundation
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2018-12-10
Podcast: Margaret Blair Young interviewed by Terryl Givens
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2018-12-09
Christmas Stories from the Qur’an
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2018-12-09
False doctrine in a beloved Christmas carol?
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2018-12-09
When the LDS Church Disciplines a Woman
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2018-12-09
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 46: Daniel 2
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2018-12-09
What "Bearing Each Other's Burden" Means to Me
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2018-12-09
Islamic terrorism?
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2018-12-09
Women Leading, Teaching, and Ministering with God's Power and Authority
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2018-12-09
Reasons I Love the Church of Jesus Christ #2: It's True (Def. 2)
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2018-12-08
Some preliminary notes on "quantum entanglement"
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2018-12-08
The Interpreter Radio Show, Light, and Goodness
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2018-12-08
What really matters?
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2018-12-08
High Culture and Fine Dining
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2018-12-07
It might have been extraordinarily productive
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2018-12-07
"Let There Be a Famine in the Land"
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2018-12-07
Second City
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2018-12-07
More on counseling resources at BYU, in light of the recent suicide there
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2018-12-06
Son of "In Praise of Excommunication"
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2018-12-06
New Testament Gospel Doctrine Resources (Post 2): The Bible, Text, and Translation
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2018-12-06
Reactions to a Tragedy
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2018-12-06
Being the Low Libido Partner
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2018-12-06
An Egyptian historical chronology
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2018-12-05
Have I made any effort to "Light the World"? Have you?
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2018-12-05
On "Science"
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2018-12-05
Gifts at Christmas
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2018-12-05
Why I Started a Family Unemployed
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2018-12-05
"Solidly credentialed scientists can still have faith"
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2018-12-05
A department dinner, Hanukkah, Chinese oppression, and other matters
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2018-12-05
Mixed Faith Marriage Workshop
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2018-12-04
Does Excommunication Make Any Sense?
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2018-12-04
"Is every Christian expected to bear witness?"
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2018-12-04
"Pure love led Christ to descend from the courts of glory"
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2018-12-03
Expecting and Embracing Waves
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2018-12-03
A journey into a season of love, peace, and kindness
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2018-12-02
A few words on "shari‘a"
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2018-12-02
Temple Attendance is a Christlike Gift
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2018-12-02
Avoid the Relational 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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2018-12-02
"Charles Dickens and the invention of modern Christmas"
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2018-12-01
Music Lifts My Tired Soul
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2018-12-01
"Artifact or Artifice?"
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2018-12-01
Holiday Time Can be Difficult for Many
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2018-11-30
"Advent refers to Christ's Second Coming"
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2018-11-30
The Odd Couple (Part One)
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2018-11-30
In the Blue Mountains
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2018-11-30
Meetings in Melbourne
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2018-11-30
Managing the Holidays while Single
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2018-11-30
A Note on Christmas in the Holy Land
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2018-11-29
Choosing to be Consumed or Sanctified by Unquenchable Fire
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2018-11-29
Are mind and intelligence woven into the fabric of our universe?
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2018-11-29
In the beautiful Yarra Valley
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2018-11-29
What do Sex Therapists Learn in Training?
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2018-11-28
Religion poisons everything?
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2018-11-28
A modest suggestion for Christmas
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2018-11-28
"This most tremendous tale of all"
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2018-11-28
Of matters financial and non-financial
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2018-11-28
Accused of Being a Sexual Revolutionist? I wish!
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2018-11-28
On baptizing an extraterrestrial
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2018-11-27
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 45: Daniel 1,3,6 AND Esther 3-5, 7-8.
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2018-11-27
Body Boundaries Matter: Teach Your Kids
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2018-11-27
At the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque
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2018-11-27
"I am the egg man. They are the egg men. I am the walrus. Goo goo g'joob."
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2018-11-27
Comic Promoting Dad Focused on Love & Social Justice
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2018-11-26
Two Catalysts in the Congo
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2018-11-26
Keeping kosher in a Lebanese restaurant
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2018-11-26
"The Spirit of Things"
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2018-11-25
A Quick Thought on Scientism and Logical Positivism
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2018-11-25
Why would God allow this?
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2018-11-25
A Sunday in Sydney
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2018-11-25
Cool Head and Iron Nerve
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2018-11-25
A Father Gives Directions in a Dream
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2018-11-24
The Ultimate Bridal Shower Game
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2018-11-24
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 44: Ezekiel 43, 44, 47
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2018-11-24
Nature, Red in Tooth and Sap
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2018-11-24
In Australia but not even remotely of Australia
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2018-11-24
Mind-Brain Dualism, Rocks in Upstate New York, and Two New Scriptural Editions
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2018-11-23
In and above the real Pandora
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2018-11-23
A last alert for this coming Tuesday night
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2018-11-23
Held Captive in Cairns
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2018-11-22
In praise of excommunication
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2018-11-22
"Round as an orange, my lad!"
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2018-11-22
Compulsory tithing?
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2018-11-22
"Deluded by worldly life"
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2018-11-21
A note on the flora and fauna of Australia
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2018-11-21
My mercenary ways
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2018-11-21
Many "worlds" in the Qur’an
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2018-11-20
Notes on the natural history of Australia
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2018-11-20
What's in a name?
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2018-11-20
Who funds my sybaritic lifestyle?
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2018-11-20
Reality Testing Questions for Controlling Behavior
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2018-11-20
Shifts & Changes in Types of Missionary Service
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2018-11-20
Serving and Saving Lives
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2018-11-19
We Need Unbelievers Like Nephi
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2018-11-19
The Church does good around the world
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2018-11-19
"More apparent than real: Flowering plants appeared much earlier than Darwin thought"
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2018-11-19
On the ground in New South Wales
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2018-11-19
It's Transgender Awareness Week
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2018-11-18
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 43: Ezekiel 18, 34, 37.
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2018-11-17
Elvis, as well as President Nelson
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2018-11-17
Sigh. It's the Middle East.
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2018-11-17
The Land Which God Consecrated
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2018-11-17
Unrecognized but lethal predators
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2018-11-17
A Christian, a physicist, and a historian of science
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2018-11-17
"Dispute with them in the best way"
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2018-11-16
"By Small Means"
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2018-11-16
New Testament Gospel Doctrine Resources (Post 1): Top 5 Books
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2018-11-16
MMHA 5th Annual Conference Starts Tonight
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2018-11-16
"I had left my body"
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2018-11-16
Excommunication Continues to be a Prominent Way LDS Church Silences its Own Critics
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2018-11-16
Paradise Lost
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2018-11-16
Some Qur’anic translations for Sydney
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2018-11-16
Of orangutans, craters, Neanderthals, and an ocean-eating planet
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2018-11-15
Light the World!
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2018-11-15
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 42: Jeremiah 16, 23, 29, 31
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2018-11-15
Christmas Initiative: Saving Some Lives in the Congo
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2018-11-15
Deseret News' Comprehensive Article on Missionary Mental Health
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2018-11-15
"The Scarlet Pimpernel"
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2018-11-14
"I knew I was dying now"
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2018-11-14
Melbourne is back on the program
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2018-11-14
Join the Cause! A Note on the Power of Cumulative Effort
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2018-11-14
Blessing my Daughter at her Bat Mitzvah: Mixed Faith Families
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2018-11-14
Great news for the arts in Utah Valley
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2018-11-13
"They Just Can't Leave the Church Alone"
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2018-11-13
“We’re not making much money on this business, are we?”
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2018-11-13
A call to repentance from the Qur’an
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2018-11-12
Fish oil, fish smarts, and intelligent protons
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2018-11-12
"LDS Church developer plans to build a 28-story office tower in downtown Salt Lake City"
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2018-11-12
Watching the Catholic Church
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2018-11-12
Checking the Facts and Myths about "False Reporting"
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2018-11-12
"Elder Neal A. Maxwell on Consecration, Scholarship, and the Defense of the Kingdom"
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2018-11-11
A note on consensus and authority
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2018-11-11
"Memory and Erasure in the Story of the West: Or, Where have All the Muslims Gone?"
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2018-11-11
Temple on Mount Zion (D) and Elder Holland's Remarks
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2018-11-10
Needing Divine Information
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2018-11-10
Temple on Mount Zion (C)
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2018-11-10
Sanctifying Sacrifices
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2018-11-10
Temple on Mount Zion (B)
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2018-11-10
Temple on Mount Zion (A)
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2018-11-10
Islam and Australia
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2018-11-09
Māori Saints, the Temple, and More on the Book of Abraham
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2018-11-09
Unity, diversity, and the Qur’an
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2018-11-09
"Welcome home, Samaa"
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2018-11-09
Marijuana and the Male Adolescent Brain
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2018-11-09
The Joseph Smith Papers Project and the Book of Abraham
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2018-11-08
"Peace for a Palestinian"
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2018-11-08
Near-death experiences in a very different culture
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2018-11-07
The Islamic monolith?
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2018-11-07
Responding to popular demand, Peterson reacts to the midterm elections
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2018-11-07
Forgotten things, recalled to remembrance
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2018-11-07
The influence of the Restoration in Europe, the Congo, Afghanistan, the family, and human hearts
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2018-11-07
"Confirmed, in its very origin, by so many witnesses"
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2018-11-07
"Absolutist" Revelation and Creation Accounts in Moses, Abraham, and the Temple
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2018-11-07
"I sped through what appeared to be a narrow pathway"
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2018-11-06
Iran 1: Arriving in Tehran
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2018-11-06
This Saturday: "The Temple on Mount Zion"
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2018-11-06
Keep the Church out of Politics and Other Terrible Arguments
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2018-11-06
Imagine Heaven
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2018-11-06
Muslim homogeneity and other tales
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2018-11-05
I hope that those who agree with me will vote in Tuesday's elections. Those who disagree with me should cast their ballots next week.
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2018-11-05
For me, the horizon was a bit too close.
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2018-11-05
"Raising William Huntington from the Dead"
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2018-11-05
"Finally, I returned to my body."
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2018-11-04
Can reason survive naturalism?
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2018-11-04
Islam and the supposed evils of theism
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2018-11-04
A basic reading list
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2018-11-04
"I simply don't think those colors and lights exist on earth"
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2018-11-03
"Light Is Scattered among All of God’s Children"
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2018-11-03
Does Darwinism entail naturalism?
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2018-11-03
A note on misogyny in the Islamic world
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2018-11-03
Manifestation of a Spiritual Gift
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2018-11-03
Manifestation of a Spiritual Gift
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2018-11-03
"It's the pinnacle of everything there is."
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2018-11-03
Facing Fear
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2018-11-02
"Do not forsake me nor the truth"
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2018-11-02
Humility and Science
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2018-11-02
"Why Did Northern Israel Fall to the Assyrians?"
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2018-11-02
"The source of all light and power"
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2018-11-02
On education and Muslim women
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2018-11-02
"The Ancient Temples of Egypt"
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2018-11-01
Today, this weekend, and nearly two centuries ago
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2018-11-01
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 41: Jeremiah 1-2; 15; 20;26; 36-38
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2018-11-01
"By the speed of thought"
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2018-11-01
Of Christians and Mormons and Related Matters
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2018-10-31
A different perspective, probably, than you've typically seen regarding shari‘a
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2018-10-31
"The most real thing that's ever happened to me"
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2018-10-31
"Change and decay in all around I see"
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2018-10-30
The view from the Islamic world
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2018-10-30
Reformation Readings for Reformation Day (Oct 31)
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2018-10-30
How to Believe in God in 4 Easy Steps!
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2018-10-29
The nature of the language in the English Book of Mormon, and the Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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2018-10-29
More on what Muslims think of the United States
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2018-10-29
Life on Earth, and in it, and elsewhere
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2018-10-29
Abandoning Cumorah?
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2018-10-29
(Updated) Some thoughts on scripture study for adults and youth
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2018-10-29
Why do many Muslims mistrust the United States?
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2018-10-28
Are we ashamed of Joseph Smith?
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2018-10-28
Is it possible to be both a fine scientist and a prominent theologian?
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2018-10-28
"May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths"
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2018-10-28
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 40- Isaiah 54-56, 63-65
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2018-10-28
What do the world's Muslims actually think?
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2018-10-28
Darwin's Doubt
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2018-10-28
The "History of the Saints," in Ephraim, Utah
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2018-10-27
The Lord's Promises to Eliza Chapman Gadd
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2018-10-27
Eliza Chapman Gadd: Her Journey with the Willie Handcart Company By Sail, Rail, and Trail
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2018-10-27
"You either believe the scriptures or you don't"
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2018-10-27
It started very early, and it continued until the end.
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2018-10-27
A bridge that urgently needs to be built, and maintained
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2018-10-26
An imperative as we approach Christmas
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2018-10-26
History: Ancient and Very, Very Ancient and Not Nearly Ancient Enough
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2018-10-26
On trying too hard to please critics
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2018-10-26
Liverwort, Cannabis, Vesuvius, and the Origins of Liberalism
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2018-10-25
Mockery, Missing Manners, and Miscellanous Matters
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2018-10-25
Should the "gate of ijtihad" be considered still open?
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2018-10-25
Who knew that some people see Egyptology as a contact sport?
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2018-10-24
On the road with the good news
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2018-10-24
Might you be a brain in a vat?
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2018-10-24
The universe is lawful, orderly, and rational — which should maybe strike us as rather odd.
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2018-10-24
What I was up to in Alberta
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2018-10-23
The allure of Arabic
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2018-10-23
A partial note on shari‘a and democracy
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2018-10-22
The "universal acid"
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2018-10-22
"he Bast out with greaf and Joy and seamed as tho the world Could not hold him"
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2018-10-22
A Short Announcement and a Seattle Fireside on Reclaiming the Literal Interpretation of Genesis
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2018-10-22
Finesse, or Firepower?
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2018-10-21
Will we be ready?
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2018-10-21
Meet Azrael, the angel of death
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2018-10-20
Repairing the Breach--A Rattlesnake, A Horse, and A Girl
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2018-10-20
Mocking the terminally ill?
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2018-10-20
Young, Single, and Pregnant--Follow the Prophet
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2018-10-20
The Canadian Rockies and Old Fossils: An Autobiographical Note and a Wish List
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2018-10-20
A Muslim mystic's thoughts on political power and on the salvation of non-Muslims
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2018-10-19
"An eternity of felicity"
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2018-10-19
Edgar Allan Poe, Vladimir Putin, and a Cosmos Full of Galaxies
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2018-10-19
Reasons I Love The Church of Jesus Christ #1: It's True
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2018-10-19
"Repel evil with what is better."
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2018-10-19
Poems, and Prayers, and Promises, and Things That We Believe In
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2018-10-18
We're simply inferior, I guess
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2018-10-18
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 39: Isaiah 50-53
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2018-10-18
A moral quandary in Memphis
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2018-10-17
A bit more information on some upcoming public firesides and lectures
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2018-10-17
The mountain that I saw every day and took for granted
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2018-10-17
A breathtaking vision for humankind
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2018-10-17
A Qur’anic "Natural Theology"
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2018-10-17
A distinguished evolutionary biologist, a prominent geneticist, and a devout theist walk into a bar
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2018-10-16
On sophistication and the Gospel
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2018-10-16
A very frustrating -- and then revealing -- experience in Cairo
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2018-10-15
Everybody was suffering from illusions, until we came along.
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2018-10-15
O Canada! Beware!
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2018-10-15
Another note inspired by my memories of Kamal
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2018-10-14
"Nature... prefers beauty"
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2018-10-14
Our Egyptian bawwab, Kamal
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2018-10-14
Two near-death experiences from early Latter-day Saint history
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2018-10-13
President Nelson's Promise-To See and Be Seen
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2018-10-13
"Intelligent Design Wins Another Nobel Prize"
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2018-10-13
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 38: Isaiah 40-49
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2018-10-13
The Church in India and the Foundation on the Radio
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2018-10-13
"Jane and Emma"
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2018-10-13
Coming up this month at BYU
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2018-10-12
"Order and symmetry of pristine mathematical purity"
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2018-10-12
I can't walk away from this role
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2018-10-12
Margaret Barker at BYU
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2018-10-12
A blessing that came to me from growing up in a non-academic family
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2018-10-12
A note on Darwinism and worldviews
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2018-10-11
"A strange part of this experience"
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2018-10-11
"Returning to Bethlehem: A Cultural Pilgrimage"
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2018-10-10
Was Joseph Smith dictating from a (perhaps concealed) manuscript?
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2018-10-10
Of eclipses, cyanobacteria, predatory dinosaurs, extraterrestrial dust storms, and divine order
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2018-10-10
Gratitude for the Canvas of God's Grace
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2018-10-10
Humility in science
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2018-10-09
A very nice afternoon in Salt Lake City
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2018-10-09
"We recognize what is lovely because we have seen it somewhere else"
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2018-10-09
In the Wake of General Conference: Let's Talk About Spiritual Abuse
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2018-10-09
Group study- Recycling an old suggestion
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2018-10-09
Some thoughts on demographics
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2018-10-09
Of Europan spiky ice spires and related matters
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2018-10-08
"They ought even to be helped to perish"
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2018-10-08
To the People Defending the Church's Decision to Ditch the "Mormon" Nickname
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2018-10-08
ADD is Like Itchy Socks
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2018-10-08
A Note on Muslims and Christian Churches
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2018-10-08
Choose Not to Nickname
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2018-10-07
Coming: The Fourth Temple on Mount Zion Conference
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2018-10-07
A note from a wren
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2018-10-07
Happy birthday, Kenneth. I miss you.
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2018-10-07
Is there any actual truth to this?
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2018-10-06
"Directed Evolution" and the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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2018-10-06
I Will Magnify Thee
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2018-10-06
Into the woods
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2018-10-06
Possibly my last post on the Kavanaugh controversy (Hallelujah!)
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2018-10-06
The Women Who Enable Abusive Men
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2018-10-06
Some interesting little items from the Book of Mormon
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2018-10-06
My campaign against Islam
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2018-10-05
In which I endorse the ordination of women?
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2018-10-05
Do the Right Thing, Jeff Flake!
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2018-10-05
If you would just buy ENOUGH of them, I could retire sooner!
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2018-10-05
A brief trip through ancient Greek astronomy (Part 1 of 2)
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2018-10-05
A prophecy given through Joseph Smith that has definitely been fulfilled
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2018-10-04
A schematic summary of Islamic history
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2018-10-03
Family History-Try It For Yourself
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2018-10-03
Notes on the Testimony of George Q. Cannon
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2018-10-03
"I have described the Way"
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2018-10-03
How I hate and fear science!
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2018-10-03
Believe Women!
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2018-10-02
"The purpose includes us."
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2018-10-02
"An impression upon my mind which long lapse of time and cares of riper years have not effaced"
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2018-10-02
“I am sorry, Anthony, but the law must be observed"
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2018-10-01
China's "Heavenly Eye," and (Sometimes Willful) Blindness
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2018-10-01
Hebrew Indians?
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2018-10-01
In the matter of Christine Blasey Ford vs. Brett Kavanaugh
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2018-10-01
"Oslo"
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2018-10-01
The Future Faith of Our Seminary Students
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2018-10-01
The Future Faith of Our Seminary Students
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2018-09-30
In which I disagree with one of the LDS chapter headings for Isaiah 5
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2018-09-30
"Human words fail to express this experience."
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2018-09-30
"A World without Islam"
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2018-09-29
Porta Potty Prank Lessons
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2018-09-29
More thoughts on the Kavanaugh case
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2018-09-29
A few notes on transiting and transitions
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2018-09-29
The Passing of Rosemary Brown
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2018-09-29
"Sufi, Saint, and Swinger"
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2018-09-28
"I don't care who believes me and who doesn't."
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2018-09-28
“A decent man who claimed to be a prophet of God”
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2018-09-28
“The Worst Time of Our (My) Life"
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2018-09-28
The Jews of Morocco during World War Two
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2018-09-27
"I knew that I had left my body."
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2018-09-27
"She told me the whole story."
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2018-09-27
Potentially a really, really, really big development
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2018-09-27
"Journey of Faith"
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2018-09-27
More on Judge Kavanaugh and those who want to take him down
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2018-09-26
"Spend a Friday Afternoon with Margaret Barker in Provo"
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2018-09-26
On the Kavanaugh case, again
-
2018-09-26
Introducing Royal Skousen (25 September 2018)
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2018-09-26
Joseph, Potiphar's Wife, and the Truth about False Allegations
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2018-09-26
Islam and Mormonism: Some Similarities and Differences (Fifth Part)
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2018-09-26
"This was a world I never wanted to leave again."
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2018-09-25
"This earth is not our home"
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2018-09-25
Islam and Mormonism: Some Similarities and Differences (Fourth Part)
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2018-09-25
"Opposing Kavanaugh by ‘Whatever Means Necessary’"
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2018-09-25
"Have some sympathy, and some taste"
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2018-09-24
"When the brain displays no measurable activity"
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2018-09-24
Defying Senator Mazie Hirono's clear orders, despite the fact that he's a man, he has refused to just "shut up."
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2018-09-24
The Presumption of Guilt
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2018-09-24
Introducing Royal Skousen, April 2017
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2018-09-24
Islam and Mormonism: Some Similarities and Differences (Third Part)
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2018-09-23
"This absolute light, which seemed to envelop me"
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2018-09-23
Big Questions (B)
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2018-09-23
Big Questions (A)
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2018-09-23
Islam and Mormonism: Some Similarities and Differences (Second Part)
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2018-09-22
"Bathed in a gloriously blue light"
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2018-09-22
"The Benefits of Belief"
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2018-09-22
Kangaroo Court or Circus?
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2018-09-22
My Friend's Struggle With Anxiety-Triggered Suicidal Thoughts
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2018-09-22
Islam and Mormonism: Some Similarities and Differences (First Part)
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2018-09-21
"I suddenly became aware of hovering over the foot of the operating table"
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2018-09-21
"A Valuable LDS Resource for Learning from the Apocrypha," etc.
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2018-09-21
A note on Latter-day Saints and alcohol
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2018-09-21
How to Be A Truly Terrifying Driver OR Commuting 101
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2018-09-21
"Si Dios quiere"
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2018-09-21
"People go unnoticed even though they can hear and see everything"
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2018-09-20
"Scholars Find Evidence That Book of Mormon Phrases Mocked by Critics Have a Surprising and Fascinating History"
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2018-09-20
"Gingrich is wrong; Palestinians are not 'invented'"
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2018-09-20
"Consciousness when a person has been pronounced brain-dead"
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2018-09-19
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 37: Isaiah 22, 24-26, 28-30.
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2018-09-19
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 37: Isaiah 22, 24-26, 28-30.
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2018-09-19
"There has been in fact a restoration of the gospel."
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2018-09-19
We're All Going to Do Headstands--A Mindful Present
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2018-09-19
"We're gonna give you a fair trial, followed by a first class hanging." ("Silverado" [1985])
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2018-09-19
Rise and Fall
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2018-09-19
"He... says he's no longer afraid of death."
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2018-09-18
Did the Father actually touch Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove?
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2018-09-18
Jeg elsker norge.
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2018-09-17
Funeral for Thales Haskell Smith
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2018-09-17
Making a difference, worldwide
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2018-09-17
NDEs across cultures and before and after 1975
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2018-09-17
On Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser
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2018-09-17
When Church Leaders are More Important than Church Children
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2018-09-17
Two of the Most Beloved Verses in the Qur’an
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2018-09-17
"Oedipus Wrecked"
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2018-09-16
"The clarity and insight I had in that state are simply indescribable."
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2018-09-16
A Comment on Latter-day Saints and the Bible
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2018-09-16
"All of a sudden I knew that I was dead."
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2018-09-16
A few lines on my "obsession" with Islam
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2018-09-15
That day is past.
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2018-09-15
"Love is one of the chief characteristics of Deity"
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2018-09-15
Robert Kirby and Edgy Mormon Men
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2018-09-15
Jihad and the Modern World
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2018-09-14
"I whirled, floated, toward it."
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2018-09-14
"The words were both his and God's."
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2018-09-14
Recovering my memory
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2018-09-14
A day for reflection
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2018-09-14
On classical Islam and today's "jihadis"
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2018-09-14
Needing help with a memory
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2018-09-13
Not a very successful charlatan...
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2018-09-13
"Now I know that the mind and body are separate"
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2018-09-13
Elder William E. McLellin and the Qur’an
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2018-09-12
Charity: "The Greatest of All"
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2018-09-12
"But some of my ancestors were on the other side"
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2018-09-12
Two challenging questions related to Islam, one for historians and one for individuals
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2018-09-12
It matters.
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2018-09-12
A Modern Purpose for the Sword of Laban
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2018-09-12
"Able to recall surprising details"
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2018-09-11
On Elder Cook in Nauvoo
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2018-09-11
3 Lessons From 9/11 That We Need Today
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2018-09-11
Coming, at 7 PM on 25 September 2018!
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2018-09-11
Jihad in the Qur’an
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2018-09-10
"Too sincere to be a deceiver and too intelligent to be self-deceived"
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2018-09-10
My Dying Friend Believes in the Worth of Souls
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2018-09-10
Mind, Brain, and Consciousness
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2018-09-10
"Jihad in Islamic History"
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2018-09-09
The branch in Cairo
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2018-09-09
"A single fact can overturn an entire system"
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2018-09-09
Of Cannabis and Cardston, among Other Things
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2018-09-09
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 36: Isaiah 1-6
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2018-09-09
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 36: Isaiah 1-6
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2018-09-08
On my supposed expulsion from the "Deseret News"
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2018-09-08
The Latter-day Saints and “Stalinist Art” Revisited (Part Five)
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2018-09-08
The brain and the problem of consciousness
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2018-09-08
Gratitude and decency demand it.
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2018-09-07
Some quick thoughts on that anonymous op-ed
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2018-09-07
Death, and the death of philosophical adventure
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2018-09-07
"I want to hear them ring again"
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2018-09-07
Trump Circus Continues
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2018-09-07
Life in Cairo
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2018-09-07
Oliver Cowdery on the restoration of the priesthood
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2018-09-06
"Ah, what then?"
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2018-09-06
Gearing Up For Isaiah
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2018-09-06
Gearing Up For Isaiah
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2018-09-06
Two more books that were published by BYU's Middle Eastern Texts Initiative
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2018-09-05
"A much more gracious light"
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2018-09-05
Go and Become a Good Christian
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2018-09-05
I believe in, and I belong to, the Communion of the Saints
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2018-09-05
Compassion During a Fight for Survival in Cambodia
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2018-09-05
Notes on Launching BYU's Islamic Translation Series
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2018-09-05
“I shall not be sacrificed until my time comes; then I shall be offered freely.”
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2018-09-05
"Real consciousness remains intact."
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2018-09-05
To the Men Who Grabbed McKenna Denson and Dragged her away from the Pulpit
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2018-09-04
"The Nature of the Original Language of the Book of Mormon"
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2018-09-04
Why Would a Feminist Keep her Father's Name?
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2018-09-04
"Operation Finale"
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2018-09-04
"Operation Finale"
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2018-09-03
"The Power of Faith"
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2018-09-03
Genesis and Evolution: A BYU Guest Lecture
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2018-09-03
Genesis and Evolution: A BYU Guest Lecture
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2018-09-03
Genesis and Evolution: A BYU Guest Lecture
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2018-09-03
A pretty good test of Joseph Smith's sincerity
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2018-09-03
"Anatomically and functionally impossible"?
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2018-09-03
Abraham and the Heavens
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2018-09-03
7 Things I Learned About Leadership From John McCain
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2018-09-02
The Shape of Things to Come
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2018-09-02
"The process of learning and development goes on for eternity."
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2018-09-02
The Latter-day Saints and “Stalinist Art” Revisited (Part Four)
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2018-09-02
Start Where You Are
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2018-09-01
The Qur’an on the Fall of Lucifer
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2018-09-01
The Testimony of Martin Harris
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2018-09-01
"A condition of indescribable repose and happiness"
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2018-09-01
Curt, Abrupt Tabitha! Or So I Thought
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2018-09-01
The Latter-day Saints and “Stalinist Art” Revisited (Part Three)
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2018-09-01
"There is a lesson in the stories of such people for those who understand."
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2018-08-31
The Latter-day Saints and “Stalinist Art” Revisited (Part Two)
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2018-08-31
“We understood things better there than we do in this lower world.”
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2018-08-31
We're all doomed. The only real question is how.
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2018-08-31
A very quick summary of Islamicate history
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2018-08-31
"I arrived in a royal realm"
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2018-08-30
The Latter-day Saints and "Stalinist Art" Revisited (Part One?)
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2018-08-30
One perspective on the theological problem of evil
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2018-08-29
"Signs clear for those who have knowledge"
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2018-08-29
Notes on the stone box at Cumorah
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2018-08-29
"Calm seriousness, profound acceptance,... mental quickening and sense of surety"
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2018-08-29
"Peterson's First Rule for the Study of Other Religions and Worldviews"
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2018-08-28
In my view, it DOES take a village.
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2018-08-28
Why two different sets of witnesses?
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2018-08-28
"The phenomenon remains unexplained"
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2018-08-28
A preliminary note on the Bahá'í Faith
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2018-08-28
Farid al-Din Attar on finding fault with others
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2018-08-27
"Nature... prefers beauty"
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2018-08-27
Apostolic Ambitions?
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2018-08-27
The Parthenon of the South Pacific?
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2018-08-26
"A Moslem fought an infidel one day"
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2018-08-26
"Consciousness Beyond Life"?
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2018-08-26
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 35: Amos and Joel
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2018-08-26
Brigham Young, the Theater, and Moral Uplift
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2018-08-25
Intimations of Immortality
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2018-08-25
Getting That Record-For What It's Worth
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2018-08-25
"If the universe had not been made with the most exacting precision"
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2018-08-25
Upcoming Tours
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2018-08-25
LGBTQ and You
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2018-08-25
Scientism's Overreach
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2018-08-24
Liberty Jail Décor
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2018-08-24
"No amount of alcohol is good for your overall health, global study says"
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2018-08-24
Medical Marijuana in Utah?
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2018-08-24
Investigating the Witnesses, Official and Unofficial, to the Book of Mormon
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2018-08-23
Odium theologicum
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2018-08-23
The Cosmos and "The Day of the Jackal"
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2018-08-23
Credo
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2018-08-22
Honoring Maimonides
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2018-08-22
Another supplemental testimony to those of the official witnesses
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2018-08-22
Genetic information is not itself material
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2018-08-21
How soon did life begin on the new Earth?
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2018-08-21
"Researchers identify the most sexist places in America — and Utah ranks pretty high on the list"
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2018-08-21
Education Week, Religious Liberty, and More
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2018-08-20
A few more thoughts on "scientism"
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2018-08-20
Some items on the character of Joseph Smith
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2018-08-20
A memorable person
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2018-08-19
Two Christian Arabic Books
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2018-08-19
A Note on Theology, Galileo, and Change in Science
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2018-08-19
A Significant Event in Late September
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2018-08-18
Taking One For the Team-Charity Leads to Sacrifice
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2018-08-18
Worm Holes, Mini-Moons, Dark Matter, and Very Old Galaxies (Yawn!)
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2018-08-18
Seek, first, to understand
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2018-08-17
The O-So-Mysterious Interpreter Foundation!
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2018-08-17
A Pleasant Memory and the Horror in New Mexico
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2018-08-17
"Once in a saintly passion"
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2018-08-17
“What good are prophetic voices that maintain total silence on the most pressing moral matters of our time?”
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2018-08-17
Twelfth Night (Bruce Young's lecture)
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2018-08-17
Mormon: The New Shibboleth
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2018-08-17
Find Joy
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2018-08-17
Mathematics, Water, and Global Warming
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2018-08-16
"The Metaphysics of 'The Healing'"
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2018-08-16
"Mysteries of the Middle Ages"
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2018-08-16
Unforeseen Complexities in Darwin's Tree of Life
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2018-08-16
"Lord, it is good for us to be here"
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2018-08-15
A Modern Apostle
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2018-08-15
Places to avoid next week, as well as in October and November
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2018-08-15
Sorry to Bother You: The (Human) Body as Technology
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2018-08-15
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine lesson 34: Hosea
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2018-08-15
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 33: Jonah and Micah
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2018-08-15
A Response to Margaret Barker (Part Four, et Finis)
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2018-08-15
“God has created me to do Him some definite service."
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2018-08-14
Join God in Your Own Sacred Grove
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2018-08-14
Shakespeare and St. Jeanne d'Arc
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2018-08-14
Raymond Brown on Understanding and Teaching Complicated Historical Issues
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2018-08-14
In which I reveal myself to be a young-Earth creationist
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2018-08-14
A Response to Margaret Barker (Part Three)
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2018-08-13
The Interpreter Radio Show, among other things
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2018-08-13
A Response to Margaret Barker (Part Two)
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2018-08-13
Richard Lloyd Anderson (1926-2018)
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2018-08-13
On the anthropic principle
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2018-08-12
A Response to Margaret Barker (Part One)
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2018-08-12
"On this knife edge of improbability"
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2018-08-12
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 32- Job
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2018-08-12
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 31- Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
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2018-08-12
Thoughts on "Othello," and Iago
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2018-08-12
Abraham's Worship Song
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2018-08-12
They Answered Nothing. Why?
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2018-08-11
An autobiographical note
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2018-08-11
From "Utah's Dixie"
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2018-08-11
"If you prick us, do we not bleed?"
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2018-08-10
Religion and Rationality, and the Law
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2018-08-10
A world without belief in free will
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2018-08-10
Two advertisements
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2018-08-10
Some quick and short book notes
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2018-08-10
12 Things NOT to Say to An Autism Parent
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2018-08-10
For me personally, a high point of BYU's late Islamic Translation Series
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2018-08-09
Do Married Mormon Men Understand Consent?
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2018-08-09
"Tender Mercies"
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2018-08-08
Positively medieval!
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2018-08-08
The dawn of greater religious liberty in Saudi Arabia?
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2018-08-08
Concerning Robert Mueller and his investigation
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2018-08-08
"Galactic Archaeology"
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2018-08-07
Continuing with the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative
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2018-08-07
(Part of) the Price We Would Pay
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2018-08-07
Egypt in May?
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2018-08-06
The Snopes Monkey Trial, and other science stuff
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2018-08-06
"Death of a Nation"
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2018-08-06
We're doomed!
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2018-08-06
The benefits of eating crickets, and other cutting-edge science
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2018-08-06
Two more volumes from the Islamic Translation Series
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2018-08-05
Interpreter's Sixth Birthday Party
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2018-08-04
A Creation Pattern in 3 Nephi: Life
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2018-08-04
Israel, in May 2019
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2018-08-04
"The Song of the Galaxies"
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2018-08-04
Realizing I Was One of The Unwise Virgins
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2018-08-04
The first books from METI
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2018-08-04
"Astro Worms"
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2018-08-04
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 30: 2 Chronicles 29–30; 32; 34
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2018-08-04
I've Seen Heaven
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2018-08-04
Friday at FairMormon and Interpreter
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2018-08-03
Again on scientism (and science)
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2018-08-02
Regarding the supposed creation of a whole new Mormon narrative
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2018-08-01
Another quick thought about scientism
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2018-08-01
Men Who Knew
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2018-07-31
"Muslim Identity" (Part 10)
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2018-07-31
A note on scientism
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2018-07-31
“Muslim Identity” (Part 9)
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2018-07-30
Adolf Hitler and Charles Darwin
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2018-07-30
"Is Faith Compatible with Reason?"
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2018-07-30
"Muslim Identity" (Part 8)
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2018-07-30
"Go ye into all the world"
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2018-07-29
Kepler, Theology, and the Solar System
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2018-07-29
“Muslim Identity” (Part 7)
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2018-07-29
"How to Grow Crops on Mars"
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2018-07-28
Irreplaceable You (and You, and You)
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2018-07-28
The Sacrament - Living Water
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2018-07-28
Who Put Bathsheba on the Roof? Leonard Cohen and Failure to Study in Context, That's Who
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2018-07-28
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 29: 2 Kings 2, 5-6
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2018-07-28
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 28- 1 Kings 17-19
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2018-07-28
"Muslim Identity" (Part 6)
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2018-07-28
Of friends and their service around the world
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2018-07-27
"Muslim Identity" (Part 5)
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2018-07-27
The Perils of Pre-Modern Medicine, with an Eye to Brigham Young
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2018-07-27
The Sacrament - What Can Its Etymology Teach You?
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2018-07-27
9 Tips for Preparing For A New School
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2018-07-27
"Without any of those contracted feelings"
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2018-07-27
"Muslim Identity" (Part 4)
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2018-07-26
The Reactionary Renaissance (Part C)
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2018-07-26
The Hope of Full Flowering
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2018-07-26
"Muslim Identity" (Part 3)
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2018-07-25
The Reactionary Renaissance (Part B)
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2018-07-25
"Muslim Identity" (Part 2)
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2018-07-24
Mitt Romney, Donald Trump, and Russia
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2018-07-24
Happy Pioneer Day!
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2018-07-24
The Reactionary Renaissance (Part A)
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2018-07-24
Joseph Smith's sense of humor?
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2018-07-24
"Muslim Identity" (Part 1)
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2018-07-24
Hell on Earth, and Its Aftermath
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2018-07-23
The Sin of "Shirk"
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2018-07-23
Carl Sagan Remembered
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2018-07-23
"Adam-ondi-Ahman"
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2018-07-22
Who Put Bathsheba on the Roof? Leonard Cohen, That's Who.
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2018-07-22
The Sacrament - The Veil
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2018-07-21
"Do Latter-day Saints believe that men and women can become gods?"
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2018-07-21
"Was Adolf Hitler Religious?" and other burning matters
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2018-07-21
The Sacrament - Bread of Life
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2018-07-21
Trivia?
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2018-07-21
What is a "fatwa"?
-
2018-07-21
A last comment on FreedomFest 2018
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2018-07-20
Good Reading, Good Listening, Good Ideas
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2018-07-20
At play in the Strait of Juan de Fuca
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2018-07-20
What Are Social Skills?
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2018-07-20
Are Latter-day Saints Christians?
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2018-07-20
Light (C)
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2018-07-20
A bit more on science during the Middle Ages, with a note in defense of Brigham Young
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2018-07-19
Light (B)
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2018-07-19
Shari‘a (A)
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2018-07-18
Politisches
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2018-07-18
"The Truth about Science in the Middle Ages"
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2018-07-18
On having relationships with real people
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2018-07-18
"Signals of Transcendence"
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2018-07-18
Light (A)
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2018-07-18
Remembrance of Things Past
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2018-07-17
Creating a Witness to the Witnesses
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2018-07-15
Jedediah M. Grant and the next world
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2018-07-15
Orbis non sufficit
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2018-07-14
The near-death experience “tunnel” (C)
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2018-07-14
From the floor of FreedomFest 2018 (Saturday morning)
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2018-07-14
The Money Chart- Motivating Your Child
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2018-07-14
Religion in Turkey (A)
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2018-07-14
Notes from FreedomFest 2018
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2018-07-13
"Toleration and equal rights for all faiths"
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2018-07-13
The near-death experience “tunnel” (B)
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2018-07-13
Cover your ears and close your eyes!
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2018-07-13
"Faith, Water, Food, and Air"
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2018-07-12
From "Eothen"
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2018-07-12
"Human Zoos"
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2018-07-12
The first night at FreedomFest 2018
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2018-07-11
Religion in Iran (C)
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2018-07-11
"O brave new world, that has such people in't."
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2018-07-11
Skeptical Thoughts
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2018-07-10
Something from Hugh Nibley and something from Jacob Hamblin
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2018-07-10
Angels in the sky above San Diego County
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2018-07-09
Religion in Iran (B)
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2018-07-09
Three paragraphs on BYU's late Middle Eastern Texts Initiative
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2018-07-09
The near-death experience "tunnel" (A)
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2018-07-08
"Darwin's House of Cards"
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2018-07-08
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 27: 1Ki 12-14, 2 Chr 17:1-10 & 20:1-30
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2018-07-08
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 26: King Solomon, 1 Kings 3-11
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2018-07-08
"All sentient beings have been formed so as to enjoy... happiness."
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2018-07-08
How a Priest's Prayer Changed Everything
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2018-07-07
A few more SCOTUS notes
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2018-07-07
LDS Church News, Mostly (But Not Quite Entirely)
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2018-07-07
Why I'm Unworthy of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
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2018-07-07
Religion in Iran (A)
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2018-07-06
Chesterton on the Mormons
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2018-07-06
"What is Mormon Transhumanism? And is it Mormon?"
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2018-07-06
Once more on women and the priesthood
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2018-07-06
Asenath's Deliverance
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2018-07-06
Deception And Social Media
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2018-07-06
Self-refuting materialism?
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2018-07-06
Three more quotations from the great G. K. Chesterton
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2018-07-05
Islam in Malaysia
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2018-07-05
Thoughts on the Supreme Court of the United States
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2018-07-05
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 25- Psalms
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2018-07-05
"Rebelling against everything"?
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2018-07-04
Do Muslims think it perfectly okay to lie to non-Muslims?
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2018-07-04
Amid the food, family, and fireworks, a few thoughts for American Independence Day
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2018-07-04
"Chimpanzees Can't Tell Us About Being Human" -- But Must Love Dogs
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2018-07-04
Some reflections by scientists on science and religion
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2018-07-04
In the House of Eternity
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2018-07-03
A note on Edward Stevenson's 1894 account of an 1834 account of Joseph Smith's First Vision
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2018-07-03
Old TestamentGospel Doctrine lesson 24- 2 Samuel 11-12, Psalm 51
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2018-07-03
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 23: 1 Samuel 18-24
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2018-07-03
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 22: 1 Samuel 9-17
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2018-07-03
Reunion
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2018-07-02
A scientific potpourri
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2018-07-02
Islam in Indonesia
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2018-07-02
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 20- Ruth and Samuel 1
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2018-07-02
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 21: 1Samuel 1-3, 8
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2018-07-02
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 19- Judges
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2018-07-02
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 18- Joshua
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2018-07-02
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 17: Deuteronomy
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2018-07-02
A reminiscence of an 1834 retelling of the First Vision story by Joseph Smith
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2018-07-01
The conclusion of my manuscript on Islam and the Middle East, at least as it currently stands
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2018-07-01
Some miscellaneous memories of Joseph Smith
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2018-07-01
Immigration- We Need a Different Approach
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2018-07-01
We Aren't So Different
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2018-07-01
"What is so good about Nephi's name?"
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2018-07-01
When I Really Didn't Want To Serve
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2018-06-30
Another comment on Acts 1:15-26 and the apostles
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2018-06-30
Another comment on Acts 1:15-26 and the apostles
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2018-06-30
Another comment on Acts 1:15-26 and the apostleship
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2018-06-30
"Neither shall they learn war any more"
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2018-06-30
"Neither shall they learn war any more"
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2018-06-30
Fifteen Years Ago, Today
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2018-06-30
A Creation Pattern in 3 Nephi: Light
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2018-06-30
Thinking about what NDEs might mean
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2018-06-30
Delectable Offerings, At No Charge
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2018-06-29
A note on the prophets and the Arab-Israeli conflict
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2018-06-29
A second blog update, and podcast
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2018-06-29
"Notes Towards the Definition of Culture"
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2018-06-29
Pharaoh Tutankhamen and his sword
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2018-06-28
How should Latter-day Saints view Israel? An initial thought.
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2018-06-28
Lux Aeterna
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2018-06-27
Farewell, Justice Kennedy. Hello, Justice Lee?
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2018-06-27
On the 174th anniversary of his assassination by anti-Mormons
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2018-06-27
Further, on Jerusalem's future temple
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2018-06-27
Music during Near-Death Experiences?
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2018-06-27
Recollections of the Prophet Joseph
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2018-06-26
A temple in Jerusalem?
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2018-06-26
Character doesn't matter?
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2018-06-26
Why do Mormons seem to shun evolution?
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2018-06-26
A movie-induced walk down memory lane
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2018-06-26
Childrens' reminiscences of the Prophet Joseph Smith
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2018-06-25
Sidney Rigdon's testimony to his son
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2018-06-25
Notes from my workshop, on the "Cambrian Explosion" (1)
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2018-06-25
Some notes on the future "Davidic king"
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2018-06-24
A biblical view of North American geology?
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2018-06-24
A third installment on the gathering of the Jews
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2018-06-24
A third installment on the gathering of the Jews
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2018-06-24
"A sort of observatory where one gets one’s bearings on the universe"
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2018-06-23
More, with regard to the gathering of the Jews
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2018-06-23
A parable worth reflection
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2018-06-23
My Hero Carol Tobler-Choosing Joy
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2018-06-23
My Hero Carol Tobler-Choosing Joy
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2018-06-23
Why Does God Say No?
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2018-06-23
Decent people can disagree. Decently, even. (It happens.)
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2018-06-23
"Korihor’s back, and this time he’s got a printing press."
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2018-06-22
"As Loneliness Rises Among Americans, Experts Warn It’s Making Many Sick"
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2018-06-22
"Joseph Smith’s Universe vs. Some Wonders of Chinese Science Fiction"
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2018-06-22
Religious Liberty, etc.
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2018-06-22
On the latter-day gathering of the Jews
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2018-06-22
Jacques and Raïssa Maritain
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2018-06-22
"The Seven Deadly Sins of the Religion Beat"
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2018-06-21
Where do things stand today?
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2018-06-21
"Religious Freedom Annual Review 2018: Religion and the Common Good"
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2018-06-20
Daniel Peterson, deviationist and heretic
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2018-06-19
A potpourri of Mormoniana
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2018-06-18
The Saga of BYU’s Jerusalem Center (Part 7, in conclusion)
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2018-06-18
Some news on the religious freedom front
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2018-06-18
Egypt in December! (Or, failing that, in May!)
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2018-06-17
The Saga of BYU’s Jerusalem Center (Part 6)
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2018-06-17
A note on 1 Samuel 15
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2018-06-17
On Fatherhood, Chastity, and Traditional Values
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2018-06-16
What I Learned From Studying Sweat
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2018-06-16
A thought on one small portion of the theological problem of evil
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2018-06-16
The Saga of BYU’s Jerusalem Center (Part 5)
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2018-06-16
Four Years Ago, Today
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2018-06-16
How to Tell Your Child They Have Autism
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2018-06-16
From the Interpreter Foundation
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2018-06-16
My Journey to Calgary-Setting and Achieving A Major Goal
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2018-06-15
The Saga of BYU’s Jerusalem Center (Part 4)
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2018-06-15
I hope to see you in Las Vegas
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2018-06-15
Peterson's First Rule for the Study of Other Religions
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2018-06-14
A train of thought regarding the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus
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2018-06-14
The Saga of BYU’s Jerusalem Center (Part 3)
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2018-06-14
"All are alike unto God"
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2018-06-13
The Saga of BYU’s Jerusalem Center (Part 2)
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2018-06-13
"Through cloud and sunshine, Lord"
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2018-06-12
C. S. Lewis, and a Bequest from John Tvedtnes
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2018-06-12
The Saga of BYU's Jerusalem Center (Part 1)
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2018-06-12
A reflection on the passing of John Tvedtnes
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2018-06-12
I still heartily recommend this book
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2018-06-11
Physics, Mathematics, and Providence
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2018-06-11
The Orson Hyde Memorial Garden
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2018-06-11
Consciousness, Language, Archaeology, Autism, Suicide, and Religion
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2018-06-11
Some Ordained Scientists
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2018-06-10
The establishment of the Jerusalem branch
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2018-06-10
A bit more on the variant accounts of the First Vision
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2018-06-10
Were the original Native Americans white?
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2018-06-09
Why I can't simply dismiss the pre-1978 priesthood ban as a mistake
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2018-06-09
Summing Up LDS Missionary Efforts in the Middle East
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2018-06-09
Tonga, among other things
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2018-06-09
10 Tips for Being a Good Friend When Your Friend has Autism
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2018-06-09
Remembering Stephen Webb (1961-2016)
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2018-06-08
An apology for the pre-1978 priesthood ban?
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2018-06-08
On the twists and tangles of church: Reflections on Kirtland
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2018-06-08
The Palestine-Syrian Mission
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2018-06-08
More on the "Masterpiece Cakeshop" Case
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2018-06-07
"Si Dios quiere"
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2018-06-07
Drawing good out of great evils
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2018-06-07
Once more, Joseph Wilford Booth
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2018-06-07
"The Angel of Fredericksburg"
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2018-06-07
The conversion of Paul Claudel
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2018-06-06
David O. McKay, Hugh J. Cannon, and Joseph Wilford Booth
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2018-06-05
Faith, Trust, and Prior Knowledge
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2018-06-05
A few science-related notes
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2018-06-05
Introducing Joseph Wilford Booth
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2018-06-05
A victory for religious liberty, and for liberty in general
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2018-06-05
Three Nobel laureates on science and God
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2018-06-04
God and Dr. Hawking
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2018-06-04
A Dream Deferred
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2018-06-04
Mormon "Mommy Tigers"?
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2018-06-04
Get on the list while you can!
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2018-06-04
The 1978 Priesthood Revelation, Church Finances, and So Forth
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2018-06-03
The sacred cemetery in Haifa
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2018-06-03
My Advice to Newly Diagnosed Autism Parents
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2018-06-03
The Book of Mormon made the cut
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2018-06-02
The 1978 revelation on priesthood and other important subjects
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2018-06-02
Was early Christianity not strictly monotheistic?
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2018-06-02
When Distracted and Tormented Is the Comfort Zone
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2018-06-02
Early LDS missionaries in the Holy Land
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2018-06-01
Las Vegas, Egypt, and Me
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2018-06-01
Jacob Spori, first LDS missionary in the Near East
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2018-06-01
Interpreter -- merely a "blog"?
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2018-06-01
A River of Filthy Water
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2018-06-01
A Creation Pattern in 3 Nephi: People-Matter Organized, Firmament Divided
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2018-05-31
Should Harvard University be stripped of its accreditation?
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2018-05-31
A brief response to a claim from a former-Mormon critic
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2018-05-31
A final note on the rededication of the Holy Land
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2018-05-29
"Reflections on the Revolution in France"
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2018-05-29
A quiz question regarding Christian history, plus some quotations on a different topic
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2018-05-29
Further lines on the rededication of Palestine
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2018-05-29
"Die, heretic!"
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2018-05-29
Do such remarks say more about the critic than about the Church?
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2018-05-29
The virtue of hatred?
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2018-05-29
Rededicating the Holy Land
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2018-05-28
"Is God a Moral Monster?"
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2018-05-28
Red Faler, Scriptorian
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2018-05-28
The Beginning of the End
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2018-05-28
A battlefield report from Paris, "third-world hellhole"
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2018-05-28
Making Ministering Holy
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2018-05-27
Two poems at the Garden Tomb
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2018-05-27
Quotations to Ponder
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2018-05-27
Winding up, for the moment, with Lebanon
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2018-05-27
Making Your Home a Haven- Part 2
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2018-05-26
On the unpopularity of Utah
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2018-05-26
Science and Beauty, Truth and Belief
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2018-05-26
Lebanon: The Continuing Saga
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2018-05-26
An update from the Interpreter Foundation
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2018-05-26
Ministering to the One
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2018-05-25
"Will We Still Enjoy Pinot Noir?"
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2018-05-25
A few more lines on Lebanon
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2018-05-25
Part of the problem to which Christ's resurrection is the solution
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2018-05-25
A blast from my publishing past
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2018-05-25
Wisdom from the first Islamic caliph
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2018-05-25
Lebanon, Syria, and Hobbesian State of Nature
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2018-05-22
“‘The Lord’s Standard of Morality’ Promotes LDS Rape Culture”
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2018-05-22
"Why I Remained Loyal to a 'Racist' Church"
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2018-05-22
Another note on Lebanon
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2018-05-21
Very provincial folks in a very provincial church
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2018-05-21
Lebanon (continuing)
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2018-05-21
"Thoughts on Streetergate," and etc.
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2018-05-20
The Maronites of Lebanon
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2018-05-20
Just imagine.
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2018-05-20
"All God's Children"
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2018-05-19
Some lines on Lebanon
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2018-05-19
In which I express my contempt for the man
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2018-05-19
Not to be missed
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2018-05-19
You Aren't Alone
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2018-05-18
"Projection! Projection!" (from "Freudian on the Roof")
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2018-05-18
The good news of atheism?
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2018-05-18
Syria
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2018-05-17
A Creation Pattern in 3 Nephi: Firmament Divided
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2018-05-16
On going to church each week
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2018-05-16
A brief thought on women and the priesthood
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2018-05-16
Some further notes on Iraq
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2018-05-16
Memories
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2018-05-15
A Creation Pattern in 3 Nephi: Matter Organized
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2018-05-15
A note on my approach to blogging
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2018-05-15
Some modern Iraqi history
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2018-05-14
A note on the Book of Mormon, a Witness testimony, and temples outside Jerusalem
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2018-05-14
A note regarding the Foundation for Religious Diplomacy
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2018-05-14
Return and Religion
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2018-05-13
News and blog updates!
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2018-05-13
Jonah and the Reluctant Stake President
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2018-05-13
“Are Mormons Closer to Muslims or Christians?” (Part 5)
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2018-05-13
On the Camp David Accords
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2018-05-13
Holland
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2018-05-12
Stepping Up to His Righteous Leadership Role, or Not
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2018-05-12
A tragic but common occurrence while remaining at home and, at the same time, traveling abroad
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2018-05-12
Two notes on the limitations of science
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2018-05-12
Does learning about Mormon history necessarily destroy faith?
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2018-05-12
Defeat and Victorious Defeat
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2018-05-12
"Relics of the Crucifixion"
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2018-05-12
“Are Mormons Closer to Muslims or Christians?” (Part 4)
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2018-05-12
A note about (and from) the modern Middle East
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2018-05-11
A bit more about Mr. Arafat
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2018-05-10
Childless and Elevating Motherhood--Bruised, Battle-Scarred, Joyful
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2018-05-10
Worlds in Collision
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2018-05-10
“Are Mormons Closer to Muslims or Christians?” (Part 3)
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2018-05-10
Meet Mr. Arafat
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2018-05-09
200 Years of Karl Marx
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2018-05-09
Some thoughts for graduating seniors
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2018-05-09
"Are Mormons Closer to Muslims or Christians?" (Part 2)
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2018-05-09
The passion of Nizar Qabbani
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2018-05-09
The Richest Land, the Poorest People
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2018-05-09
The Richest Land, the Poorest People
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2018-05-08
"Are Mormons more like Christians than like Muslims?" (Part 1)
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2018-05-08
From the Mailbag
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2018-05-08
In the Wake of the Six-Day War
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2018-05-07
Exile
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2018-05-07
From the City of Palm Trees
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2018-05-07
Self-Delusion
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2018-05-06
A Pearl, A Purpose, and Distractions
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2018-05-05
A Whale For a Covering, Food, and Light
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2018-05-05
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 16: Numbers 22-24, 31(updated)
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2018-05-05
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 15: Numbers 11-14, 21
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2018-05-05
Autism on Vacation
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2018-05-05
Autism on Vacation- 7 Tips to Make Travel Easier
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2018-05-05
On the birth of Israel
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2018-05-05
On the birth of Israel
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2018-05-04
A Note on Science, Scientific Literacy, and Religious Belief
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2018-05-04
What Prophets Know: A Short Follow-up
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2018-05-03
Beyond the Mormon Moment
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2018-05-03
On adjusting one's religious views in the light of science, history, and the like
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2018-05-03
Thoughts on Mormonism and Intellectual Sophistication
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2018-05-03
Approaching Israel
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2018-04-30
Some lines about Syria
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2018-04-30
A few scientists who were also ecclesiastical leaders
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2018-04-30
Reading the scriptures
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2018-04-29
A Persistent Dream-Multiplying Light
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2018-04-28
Of One Heart and One Wave
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2018-04-28
The late Mr. Saddam Hussein
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2018-04-28
"A Day in the Life of Joseph Smith, Translator Extraordinaire"
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2018-04-28
My Life as a Straw Man
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2018-04-28
A note on the early history of the Iraqi state
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2018-04-27
Objective Proof in Religion
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2018-04-27
A spectacular failure
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2018-04-26
No, I Did Not Keep My "Maiden" Name
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2018-04-26
When life gives you lemons, make salad!
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2018-04-25
National Identity
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2018-04-25
Petra, again
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2018-04-24
Artificiality and the political map of the modern Middle East
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2018-04-24
Biblical Jordan
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2018-04-24
Three Physicists
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2018-04-23
Authoritarianism in the Middle East
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2018-04-23
Scientific discoveries as religious discoveries
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2018-04-23
Temples to dot the earth
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2018-04-22
"Consistent with what I know about science"
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2018-04-22
"Consistent with what I know about science"
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2018-04-22
"Consistent with what I know about science"
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2018-04-22
"Consistent with what I know about science"
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2018-04-22
Evidence and Proof
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2018-04-22
Evidence and Proof
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2018-04-22
Evidence and Proof
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2018-04-22
Evidence and Proof
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2018-04-22
Opening notes toward a primer on today's Middle East
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2018-04-22
Opening notes toward a primer on today's Middle East
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2018-04-22
Opening notes toward a primer on today's Middle East
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2018-04-22
Opening notes toward a primer on today's Middle East
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2018-04-21
It's likely that Interpreter will flourish even more richly while I'm thousands of miles away!
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2018-04-21
It's likely that Interpreter will flourish even more richly while I'm thousands of miles away!
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2018-04-21
It's likely that Interpreter will flourish even more richly while I'm thousands of miles away!
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2018-04-21
It's likely that Interpreter will flourish even more richly while I'm thousands of miles away!
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2018-04-21
Spiritually Strong Women-Photine
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2018-04-21
Spiritually Strong Women-Photine
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2018-04-21
A note on the culture wars
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2018-04-21
A note on the culture wars
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2018-04-21
A note on the culture wars
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2018-04-20
LDS Church: Why are you afraid to minister to and include transgender members?
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2018-04-20
Another anti-Muslim distortion of a passage in the Qur’an
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2018-04-20
Another anti-Muslim distortion of a passage in the Qur’an
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2018-04-20
The Scientific Deformation and Reformation of Genesis: How "Science" Messed It Up, but Also Fixes It
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2018-04-20
The Scientific Deformation and Reformation of Genesis: How "Science" Messed It Up, but Also Fixes It
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2018-04-20
When the Soul Needs a New Home
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2018-04-19
Truman Madsen on the Temple
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2018-04-19
Truman Madsen on the Temple
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2018-04-19
The Wonder of It All
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2018-04-19
The Wonder of It All
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2018-04-19
What about the recent attack on Syria?
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2018-04-19
What about the recent attack on Syria?
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2018-04-18
"Nature is skewed toward life."
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2018-04-18
"Nature is skewed toward life."
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2018-04-18
Another dishonest bit of anti-Islamic propaganda
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2018-04-18
Another dishonest bit of anti-Islamic propaganda
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2018-04-18
Stephen T. Davis on the doctrine of hell (Part 2)
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2018-04-18
President Nelson circles the globe
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2018-04-18
"Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable."
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2018-04-18
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
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2018-04-18
"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"
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2018-04-17
The Wisdom of the Nobel Prize
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2018-04-17
The Wisdom of the Nobel Prize
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2018-04-17
A favorite story, and some wise words, from early Islamic history
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2018-04-17
A favorite story, and some wise words, from early Islamic history
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2018-04-17
A note on early Mormon polygamy
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2018-04-17
Jimmy Carter: My Dad Hated Him--I Love Him
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2018-04-17
A note on posthumous baptisms on behalf of deceased Jews
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2018-04-17
A note on posthumous baptisms on behalf of deceased Jews
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2018-04-16
"The Lost World of Genesis One"
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2018-04-16
One of my favorite pieces of Islam-related nonsense
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2018-04-16
Latter-day Saint temples in the Valley of the Sun and beyond
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2018-04-15
An anti-Islamic use of Qur’an 9:30
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2018-04-15
Four Nineteenth-Century Mormon Quotations on Science and Religion
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2018-04-15
Four Nineteenth-Century Mormon Quotations on Science and Religion
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2018-04-14
The Martyrdom of Polycarp
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2018-04-14
The Martyrdom of Polycarp
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2018-04-14
Peter Grünberg RIP
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2018-04-14
Peter Grünberg RIP
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2018-04-14
A brief look at an Islamophobic allegation
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2018-04-14
A brief look at an Islamophobic allegation
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2018-04-14
Stephen T. Davis on the doctrine of hell (Part 1)
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2018-04-14
Stephen T. Davis on the doctrine of hell (Part 1)
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2018-04-14
Some Notes on English Translations of the Qur’an (Part 6, Conclusion)
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2018-04-13
"The world's greatest architect"
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2018-04-13
Ultimate Questions
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2018-04-13
Ultimate Questions
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2018-04-13
What's Needed for Life (Revisited)
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2018-04-13
What's Needed for Life (Revisited)
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2018-04-12
Some Notes on English Translations of the Qur’an (Part 5)
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2018-04-12
They Could Not See
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2018-04-12
"A marvelous work and a wonder"
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2018-04-11
Some Notes on English Translations of the Qur’an (Part 4)
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2018-04-11
What's needed for life?
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2018-04-11
Mom
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2018-04-11
Mom
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2018-04-11
"I wished to inquire what she meant, but she was gone."
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2018-04-11
"I wished to inquire what she meant, but she was gone."
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2018-04-11
"Anything But Pedestrian"
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2018-04-11
"Anything But Pedestrian"
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2018-04-10
Some Notes on English Translations of the Qur’an (Part 3)
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2018-04-10
Some Notes on English Translations of the Qur’an (Part 3)
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2018-04-10
"They looked so exceedingly white and strange"
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2018-04-09
Some Notes on English Translations of the Qur’an (Part 2)
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2018-04-09
Martin Harris, the Careful Investigator (Revisited)
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2018-04-09
"A set of near optimal mechanisms"
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2018-04-08
Some Notes on English Translations of the Qur’an (Part 1)
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2018-04-08
Of "meaning" and neurons
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2018-04-08
Relationship with the Holy Ghost-A Test, Making Up For My Weaknesses
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2018-04-08
"Mind, intelligence, was somehow embedded in the process"
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2018-04-08
A Millstone Loosed
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2018-04-08
Relationship with the Holy Ghost-Ignore, Hearken, Better Than Expected
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2018-04-08
"We both find plentiful motives to bind our hearts to the restored gospel."
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2018-04-07
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 14- Exodus 15-20, 32-34.
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2018-04-07
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 14- Exodus 15-20, 32-34.
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2018-04-07
"If the West felt so guilty, why didn't it create a Jewish state in Bavaria?"
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2018-04-07
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13: Exodus 1-3, 5-6, 11-14
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2018-04-07
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 13: Exodus 1-3, 5-6, 11-14
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2018-04-07
"Still music, but no more sorrow or partings"
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2018-04-06
"Do You Look Like Christ?"
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2018-04-06
"Highly skewed toward fitness for life"
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2018-04-06
Cyrus of Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Balfour Declaration
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2018-04-05
A Slice of Life
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2018-04-05
What is "non-consensual" immorality?
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2018-04-05
What is "non-consensual" immorality?
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2018-04-05
"Practical Zionism," "Political Zionism," and "Der Judenstaat"
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2018-04-05
Martin Harris, the Careful Investigator
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2018-04-05
Martin Harris, the Careful Investigator
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2018-04-05
MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail
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2018-04-04
Did random chance demand the existence of a stellar system suited to life?
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2018-04-04
The Rise of Zionism
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2018-04-04
"He was naturally fond of the young"
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2018-04-03
Islam and the challenge of the modern world
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2018-04-03
"Non-Consensual Immorality" not Appropriate way to Handle Sexual Misconduct
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2018-04-03
"When you think about it, it does get spooky."
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2018-04-03
Another First: An Apostle in an Interracial Marriage
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2018-04-03
Oliver Cowdery, Book of Mormon horses, and interfaith relations
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2018-04-02
Go to Church: You Need It, and It Needs You
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2018-04-02
Our Favorable Location in the Solar System (Part 2)
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2018-04-02
Denial
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2018-04-01
Our Favorable Location in the Solar System (Part 1)
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2018-04-01
"The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs!"
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2018-04-01
"The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs!"
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2018-04-01
General Conference and Mental Health
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2018-04-01
Χριστός ἀνέστη!
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2018-03-31
Love in marriage, and Parley Pratt's appreciation of the Prophet Joseph Smith
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2018-03-31
Love in marriage, and Parley Pratt's appreciation of the Prophet Joseph Smith
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2018-03-31
Life and our galactic location (Part 3)
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2018-03-31
Life and our galactic location (Part 3)
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2018-03-31
Thinking about Easter and idolatry on a General Conference Saturday
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2018-03-31
Thinking about Easter and idolatry on a General Conference Saturday
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2018-03-31
Life and our galactic location (Part 2)
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2018-03-31
Why I'll No Longer Go to Priesthood Interviews Alone
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2018-03-30
Some offerings for Easter
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2018-03-30
Some offerings for Easter
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2018-03-30
Western dominance and Muslim pride
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2018-03-30
Western dominance and Muslim pride
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2018-03-30
I’m Not Marching Tomorrow
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2018-03-30
I’m Not Marching Tomorrow
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2018-03-30
I’m Not Marching Tomorrow
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2018-03-30
Three testimonies from men who knew him well
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2018-03-30
Three testimonies from men who knew him well
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2018-03-29
Life and our galactic location (Part 1)
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2018-03-29
Some notes from a politically conservative Latter-day Saint Islamicist
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2018-03-29
Some notes from a politically conservative Latter-day Saint Islamicist
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2018-03-29
"Occidentosis"
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2018-03-29
Set Thy Face Towards Jerusalem
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2018-03-29
You could have done better!
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2018-03-28
"The immense legacy of Miletus"
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2018-03-28
The First Presidency Letter on Clergy Sexual Abuse That Never Came
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2018-03-28
"A lamp to my feet"
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2018-03-28
"A lamp to my feet"
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2018-03-28
"Arab socialism"
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2018-03-27
"Walking along the Shore"
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2018-03-27
"Walking along the Shore"
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2018-03-27
European colonialism and the "mission civilisatrice"
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2018-03-27
Mental Question Shelf--Where to Put Your Questions Until They're Answered
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2018-03-27
Snippets from the testimony of David Whitmer (Part 4)
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2018-03-26
The myth of the "Dark Ages"
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2018-03-26
The myth of the "Dark Ages"
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2018-03-26
The image of the West in the Middle East
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2018-03-26
Critics unhappy about the choice of apostles
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2018-03-26
Critics unhappy about the choice of apostles
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2018-03-26
"Thanks, past me." The Importance of Self Care
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2018-03-26
"Thanks, past me." The Importance of Self Care
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2018-03-25
The challenge of Western dominance
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2018-03-25
Snippets from the testimony of David Whitmer (Part 3)
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2018-03-25
3-Day of Atonement: Bull, Sacrificial Goat, and Scapegoat
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2018-03-25
Western science as a byproduct of medieval Christian theology
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2018-03-25
Flipping the Atonement Switch
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2018-03-25
Forget Religious Freedom... We Need Rights Protected from Religious Patriarchy, Oppression and Shame
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2018-03-25
Forget Religious Freedom... We Need Rights Protected from Religious Patriarchy, Oppression and Shame
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2018-03-24
The triumph of the past
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2018-03-24
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 12: Genesis 40 onwards
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2018-03-24
Snippets from the testimony of David Whitmer (Part 2)
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2018-03-24
Women, Divine Councils, World Tours, Jacob's Blessings, Easter, and More
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2018-03-24
"Nicely balanced, against all hazards, at an absolutely optimal level"
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2018-03-23
The Culture of Science
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2018-03-23
Introducing the Modern Period
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2018-03-23
Six Years Ago
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2018-03-23
Six Years Ago
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2018-03-22
Reason and Faith, and Some Science News
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2018-03-22
Reason and Faith, and Some Science News
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2018-03-22
"The Sick Man of Europe"
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2018-03-22
"The Sick Man of Europe"
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2018-03-22
Snippets from the testimony of David Whitmer (Part 1)
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2018-03-21
From amino acid soup to the B-Minor Mass
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2018-03-21
From amino acid soup to the B-Minor Mass
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2018-03-21
The Bad Old Days of Peterson at the Maxwell Institute
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2018-03-21
The Bad Old Days of Peterson at the Maxwell Institute
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2018-03-21
Priesthood Leaders and Abuse of Power
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2018-03-21
Meet the Janissaries
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2018-03-21
"His character was irreproachable"
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2018-03-20
An essay on the nature of prophetic knowledge, with a side helping of evolution
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2018-03-20
An essay on the nature of prophetic knowledge, with a side helping of evolution
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2018-03-20
"Ditchkins," Science, and Religion
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2018-03-20
Monsters Among Us: Can the Men Who've Sexually Harassed and Assaulted Reform?
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2018-03-20
Mormon Leaks and Systemic Issues with LDS Sexual Perpetrators in Leadership
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2018-03-20
Mormon Leaks and Systemic Issues with LDS Sexual Perpetrators in Leadership
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2018-03-20
The Rise of the Ottomans
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2018-03-20
The Rise of the Ottomans
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2018-03-19
A Look in a Mirror
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2018-03-19
Eagleton on Dawkins and Dennett on Science and Religion
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2018-03-19
LDS Missons and "Eunuchs for the Kingdom"
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2018-03-19
LDS Missons and "Eunuchs for the Kingdom"
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2018-03-19
Why A Wrinkle in Time Falls Short
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2018-03-19
12 Things I Wish Every Primary Teacher Knew
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2018-03-19
12 Things I Wish Every Primary Teacher Knew
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2018-03-19
The Period of the Gunpowder Empires, from 1500 to 1800
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2018-03-18
"As seedlings of God"
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2018-03-18
Setbacks and Advances
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2018-03-18
Setbacks and Advances
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2018-03-18
Using Affirmations
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2018-03-18
Using Affirmations
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2018-03-18
Using Affirmations
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2018-03-18
"So I ate his lunch!"
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2018-03-18
"So I ate his lunch!"
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2018-03-18
"So I ate his lunch!"
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2018-03-18
"So I ate his lunch!"
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2018-03-17
3-Peter, James, and John as a Triangle
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2018-03-17
3-Peter, James, and John as a Triangle
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2018-03-17
The Late Middle Period, from 1258 to 1500
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2018-03-17
The Late Middle Period, from 1258 to 1500
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2018-03-17
The Late Middle Period, from 1258 to 1500
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2018-03-17
3-A Triangle and Two Brothers, James and John
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2018-03-17
Thinking of Hugh B. Brown
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2018-03-17
I am so anxious, my usual go-to's are not working...
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2018-03-17
I am so anxious, my usual go-to's are not working...
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2018-03-17
I am so anxious, my usual go-to's are not working...
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2018-03-17
"From a vantage point outside her body"
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2018-03-17
Of Mamluks and Mongols
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2018-03-16
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11- Genesis 34, 37-39
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2018-03-16
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 11- Genesis 34, 37-39
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2018-03-16
"Is the Book of Mormon a Pseudo-Archaic Text?"
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2018-03-16
"Is the Book of Mormon a Pseudo-Archaic Text?"
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2018-03-16
Mamluks and the Question of Political Succession
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2018-03-16
Mamluks and the Question of Political Succession
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2018-03-16
Death and Consciousness, Again
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2018-03-16
Death and Consciousness, Again
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2018-03-16
Mormon Voices
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2018-03-16
Don't Leave Your Sex Life to Chance
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2018-03-16
Don't Leave Your Sex Life to Chance
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2018-03-16
Don't Leave Your Sex Life to Chance
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2018-03-15
Some urgent news, along with some very old news
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2018-03-15
Death and Consciousness
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2018-03-14
Vulgar Elitism & Empty Populism
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2018-03-14
Stephen Hawking, RIP
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2018-03-14
Stephen Hawking, RIP
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2018-03-14
Some notes on one of my heroes
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2018-03-14
Some notes on one of my heroes
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2018-03-14
For Interpreter
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2018-03-13
"Shadows of Other Worlds" (Part 3)
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2018-03-13
What characterizes the "Middle Periods" of Islamic history?
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2018-03-13
What characterizes the "Middle Periods" of Islamic history?
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2018-03-12
The Darkest Hour: Review
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2018-03-12
"Only the fool will say in his heart that he is glad that it is true."
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2018-03-12
“Shadows of Other Worlds” (Part 2)
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2018-03-12
Come Gather Round People - Doubts and All
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2018-03-12
Come Gather Round People - Doubts and All
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2018-03-12
"Party Kings" and Crusaders
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2018-03-12
"Party Kings" and Crusaders
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2018-03-11
On Science and the Church
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2018-03-11
On Science and the Church
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2018-03-11
Everyone Else Makes Such Lonely Heavens
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2018-03-11
Decline and Response
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2018-03-11
Shattering Limiting Beliefs: Koko Head Crater Stairs
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2018-03-11
Shattering Limiting Beliefs: Koko Head Crater Stairs
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2018-03-10
A School of Souls
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2018-03-10
"Shadows of Other Worlds" (Part 1)
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2018-03-10
How do I help my husband with the sexual abuse he endured?
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2018-03-10
How do I help my husband with the sexual abuse he endured?
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2018-03-10
The End of the High Caliphal Period
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2018-03-10
Above our heads, beneath our feet, and beneath our dignity
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2018-03-09
Beauty and Belief
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2018-03-09
What the West Owes the East (Part 16)
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2018-03-09
Charles H. Townes, plus some science news
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2018-03-09
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 10: Genesis 24-29
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2018-03-08
Sir Richard Burton on Brigham Young
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2018-03-07
Do you know your ABCs?
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2018-03-07
God is turned to stone, and man is humiliated.
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2018-03-07
What the West Owes the East (Part 15)
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2018-03-07
The "Donald J. Trump Utah National Parks Highway"? NO!
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2018-03-07
Some public appearances
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2018-03-07
And our bodies have TRILLIONS of these!
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2018-03-06
Why Don’t Mormons Use the Cross as a Symbol of Their Faith?
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2018-03-06
Why Don’t Mormons Use the Cross as a Symbol of Their Faith?
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2018-03-06
Hello again world
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2018-03-06
What the West Owes the East (Intermission)
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2018-03-06
Lise Meitner, pioneering female Christian physicist
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2018-03-05
Hello world!
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2018-03-05
A few notes on where I currently stand with regard to President Trump
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2018-03-05
Beyond man-as-he-happens-to-be
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2018-03-05
What the West Owes the East (Part 14)
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2018-03-05
The Hidden Gifts of Faith Crisis: Anger and Sadness
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2018-03-04
"Sweet is the Work"
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2018-03-04
What the West Owes the East (Part 13)
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2018-03-04
What the West Owes the East (Part 13)
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2018-03-04
The Hymn of Jesus
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2018-03-04
The Hymn of Jesus
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2018-03-04
Strength Through the Exercise of Faith
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2018-03-04
The Secret Mental Life of Trees (Part 3)
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2018-03-03
Cosmic Depth
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2018-03-03
The Secret Mental Life of Trees (Part 2)
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2018-03-03
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 09- Abraham 1:1, 5-20; Genesis 15-17; 21-22
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2018-03-03
What the West Owes the East (Part 12)
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2018-03-03
Craving Lemonade... and Craving My Mormonism
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2018-03-03
Craving Lemonade... and Craving My Mormonism
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2018-03-02
The Secret Mental Life of Trees (Part 1)
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2018-03-02
What the West Owes the East (Part 11)
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2018-03-02
Wondering about my legacy...
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2018-03-02
Disruptions
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2018-03-02
"A piper playing at the gates of dawn"
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2018-03-02
What the West Owes the East (Part 10)
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2018-03-01
One of the most beautiful places in the world, and among the most sacred
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2018-03-01
What the West Owes the East (Part 9)
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2018-03-01
Some Reflections on Probabilities (3)
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2018-02-28
Thought for the Day
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2018-02-28
Some Reflections on Probabilities (2)
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2018-02-28
Was Joseph reading from a manuscript when he dictated the Book of Mormon?
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2018-02-28
Some reflections on probabilities (1)
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2018-02-28
How can I Make Church Worship Meaningful to Me?
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2018-02-27
What the West Owes the East (Part 8)
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2018-02-26
What the West Owes the East (Part 7)
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2018-02-26
Is Mormonism Dying?
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2018-02-26
More Than This: Dealing with Trauma & PTSD
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2018-02-26
What the West Owes the East (Part 6)
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2018-02-26
Divine Wisdom at the Foundation of the Universe
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2018-02-25
"Aloha ‘Oe"
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2018-02-25
What the West Owes the East (Part 5)
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2018-02-25
What the West Owes the East (Part 5)
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2018-02-25
What the West Owes the East (Part 5)
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2018-02-25
You'll be pardoned for thinking, at first glance, that "Deep Bore" is one of my nicknames
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2018-02-24
Lesson 08- Genesis 13; 14:1-2, 8-24; 18:16-33; 19:1-29
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2018-02-24
"Save Me From My Fear"
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2018-02-24
"Save Me From My Fear"
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2018-02-24
"Save Me From My Fear"
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2018-02-24
"Save Me From My Fear"
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2018-02-24
"Save Me From My Fear"
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2018-02-24
"Save Me From My Fear"
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2018-02-24
What the West Owes the East (Part 4)
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2018-02-24
What the West Owes the East (Part 4)
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2018-02-24
Thoughts of the Day
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2018-02-24
Thoughts of the Day
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2018-02-24
Thoughts of the Day
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2018-02-24
Thoughts of the Day
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2018-02-24
On the limits of archaeology and the limits of conspiracy theories
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2018-02-23
Exploring the limits of nurture, nature, and feminism
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2018-02-23
A bit more on those weird Mormon middle initials
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2018-02-23
Joseph Smith, and a truly remarkable find relating to Isaiah
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2018-02-23
What the West Owes the East (Part 3)
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2018-02-23
The Mormon Village that Raised Me
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2018-02-23
"I was mearly instructid in reading writing and the ground rules of Arithmetic"
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2018-02-22
"We should enjoy the view while we still have it."
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2018-02-22
What the West Owes the East (Part 2)
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2018-02-22
"Two entities that we don't understand control the universe"
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2018-02-21
What the West Owes the East (Part 1)
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2018-02-21
Mind, fundamental to the universe?
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2018-02-21
LD$, Inc.
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2018-02-21
The decline of the caliphate
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2018-02-21
Was Joseph Smith one of the most sophisticated writers in history?
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2018-02-20
How the Church Approaches Abuse - A Professional's Response
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2018-02-20
Mitt Romney, Multiple Worlds, Middle Initials, and Me
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2018-02-19
Supernatural, but demonic?
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2018-02-19
Enter the Abbasids (Part 3)
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2018-02-19
Visiting the "Cathedral of Astronomy"
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2018-02-19
Sidney Rigdon and the Book of Mormon
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2018-02-19
Sidney Rigdon and the Book of Mormon
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2018-02-19
Enter the Abbasids (Part 2)
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2018-02-19
Enter the Abbasids (Part 2)
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2018-02-18
An "irrelevant shouting match"?
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2018-02-17
"There is no truth but what belongs to the Gospel."
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2018-02-17
Enter the Abbasids (Part 1)
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2018-02-17
Oliver Cowdery and Other Mormon-Related Matters
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2018-02-17
"Laser scanning reveals 'lost' ancient Mexican city 'had as many buildings as Manhattan'"
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2018-02-16
The Book of Mormon and botanical science
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2018-02-16
The Longer Abraham Drama, co-written by M. Night Shyamalan (Lessons 7-9)
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2018-02-16
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 7- Abraham 1:1-4; 2:1-11; Genesis 12:1-8; 17:1-9
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2018-02-16
Aliens did it.
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2018-02-15
Jerusalem (aka Salem?), Shilom, Shalom, and Other Matters
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2018-02-15
The obsolescence of the Umayyads
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2018-02-15
More Eight: Word Lengths in Scriptures about Renewal or Rebirth
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2018-02-15
More Eight: Word Lengths in Scriptures about Renewal or Rebirth
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2018-02-15
Polygamy, Plates, Psalms, and Testimony
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2018-02-15
Support for Wards Affected by School Shootings
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2018-02-15
Support for Wards Affected by School Shootings
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2018-02-14
Human deification in the Book of Mormon?
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2018-02-14
Human deification in the Book of Mormon?
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2018-02-14
"I think there are clearly religious implications."
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2018-02-14
"I think there are clearly religious implications."
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2018-02-14
Supporting Black History Month
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2018-02-14
The Spread of Islam (Part 2)
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2018-02-14
Your Bishop Won't Save You From Abuse
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2018-02-14
Your Bishop Won't Save You From Abuse
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2018-02-14
"A God of extravagant generosity"
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2018-02-14
This Weekend I'm Staying Home...
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2018-02-14
This Weekend I'm Staying Home...
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2018-02-14
Some thoughts on scripture study for adults and youth
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2018-02-13
The Spread of Islam (Part 1)
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2018-02-13
The Spread of Islam (Part 1)
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2018-02-13
"The fulness of the gospel"? Really?
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2018-02-12
Bearing Burdens That They May Be LiGHT
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2018-02-12
"White and Delightsome"?
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2018-02-12
"The God Hypothesis"
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2018-02-12
Islamic Law (Part 9)
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2018-02-12
Two "Sticks"
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2018-02-12
Two "Sticks"
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2018-02-11
Islamic Law (Part 8)
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2018-02-11
Islamic Law (Part 8)
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2018-02-11
An alternative to the infinite multiverse?
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2018-02-11
An alternative to the infinite multiverse?
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2018-02-11
Sealed books, witnesses, and complacency
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2018-02-11
Sealed books, witnesses, and complacency
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2018-02-10
Volcanic Lightning and the Book of Mormon
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2018-02-10
Islamic Law (Part 7)
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2018-02-10
Financing temples, and gathering at them
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2018-02-10
"I should have told her to divorce him": The Rob Porter Scandal
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2018-02-09
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6- Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10
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2018-02-09
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 6- Moses 8:19-30; Genesis 6:5-22; 7:1-10
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2018-02-09
Suggestions on How to Better Protect our Children
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2018-02-09
Suggestions on How to Better Protect our Children
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2018-02-08
Islamic Law (Part 5)
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2018-02-08
The Book of Mormon, Witnesses, and Archaeology
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2018-02-08
A scientist's dissent
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2018-02-07
"Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht"
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2018-02-07
Were there others in the Pre-Columbian New World beyond the Book of Mormon peoples?
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2018-02-07
Houston Press Conference
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2018-02-07
Houston Press Conference
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2018-02-07
Islamic Law (Part 4)
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2018-02-07
Making Sense of the Scriptures
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2018-02-07
Fourth Sunday Lessons: Some Thoughts and Resources
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2018-02-06
A utopian view of science
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2018-02-06
You Say You'll Go With Me. But You Can't.
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2018-02-06
Islamic Law (Part 3)
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2018-02-06
The Intuition of Design
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2018-02-05
The Mountain of the Lord's House
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2018-02-05
Islamic Law (Part 2)
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2018-02-04
Nephite Isaiah
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2018-02-04
"Personal Explanation"
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2018-02-04
Even The Sealed Portions Shall Be Received
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2018-02-04
A Prayer Can Rend the Veil
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2018-02-04
Islamic Law (Part 1)
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2018-02-04
Isaiah in the Book of Mormon and Interpreter on the Radio
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2018-02-03
The rise of classical Arabic civilization
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2018-02-03
Gospel Doctrine Lesson 5- Moses 5:16-41; 6:26-63; 7:13, 17-47, 68-69
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2018-02-03
On Mormons and Planets
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2018-02-03
How do I make sure I'm seeing a good therapist?
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2018-02-03
Life on Titan and a whole new worldview?
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2018-02-02
A Maya Megalopolis
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2018-02-02
The Problem of Consciousness
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2018-02-02
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Eight)
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2018-02-02
Weeks 3 & 4: Am I an apostate if I prefer Jesus Christ to Russell Nelson?
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2018-02-02
Materialism as a "Non-Starter"
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2018-02-02
Reasons to Believe
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2018-02-01
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Seven)
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2018-02-01
We are invisible
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2018-02-01
Why Does God Let Us Suffer?
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2018-01-31
Darwinism is a good explanatory theory as far as it goes, but...
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2018-01-31
Four notes about the Book of Mormon prophet Jacob
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2018-01-31
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Six)
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2018-01-31
"What is Dying?"
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2018-01-31
Do we live in an unenchanted or disenchanted world?
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2018-01-30
Sharing My Story: Protect LDS Children
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2018-01-30
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Five)
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2018-01-30
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Five)
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2018-01-30
Temples outside of Jerusalem? A psalm outside the Bible?
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2018-01-30
Upcoming Mormon Stories Retreat in St. George
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2018-01-30
Catch me tonight on "Sex Talk with the Siegel Brothers"
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2018-01-29
"The extension of common sense by other means"
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2018-01-29
"The extension of common sense by other means"
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2018-01-29
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Four)
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2018-01-29
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Four)
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2018-01-29
Orwellian Anti-Mormonism
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2018-01-29
Spiritual Thought: The Human Family
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2018-01-29
Some science-related items of interest
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2018-01-28
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Three)
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2018-01-28
Ezekiel 34-Aligning Service with the Lord's Vision
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2018-01-28
8 as Periodic Renewal-Number Symbolism
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2018-01-28
Two two-actor plays, an annual event, two items on Lehi, and a reminder
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2018-01-27
A reminiscence from Katharine Smith Salisbury
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2018-01-27
Can science (or any other discipline) ever be without unproven assumptions?
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2018-01-27
Can science (or any other discipline) ever be without unproven assumptions?
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2018-01-27
Important News Stories & Mormonism
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2018-01-27
Important News Stories & Mormonism
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2018-01-27
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part Two)
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2018-01-27
Unicorns and Bats
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2018-01-26
Volunteer Position in Human Rights Education
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2018-01-26
Alleged Anachronisms and a Demonstrably False Prophecy
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2018-01-26
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 04- Moses 4; 5:1-15; 6:48-62
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2018-01-26
Contrasting Mormonism and Islam (Part One)
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2018-01-26
We've only recently begun to recognize its vast scope.
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2018-01-26
Trying to Heal My Sexual Shame
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2018-01-26
Four short notes about the Book of Mormon
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2018-01-25
The deepest image of the sky ever made
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2018-01-25
The deepest image of the sky ever made
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2018-01-25
Make Your Own Sensory Room
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2018-01-25
What I've been up to lately, apart from the usual
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2018-01-24
A little-known testimony from Oliver Cowdery
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2018-01-24
Light at the speed of walking
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2018-01-24
Some resemblances between Islam and Mormonism (Part Six)
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2018-01-23
Dark Matter and a Little-Known Story
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2018-01-23
Some resemblances between Islam and Mormonism (Part Five)
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2018-01-23
Notes of Intimacy
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2018-01-23
Buchanan's and Other Blunders, Etc.
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2018-01-22
Why are some biologists more hostile than physicists to religion and theology?
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2018-01-22
Two Items on Mormonism in the Media
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2018-01-22
Some resemblances between Islam and Mormonism (Part Four)
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2018-01-22
The supposed war between science and religion
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2018-01-22
Some resemblances between Islam and Mormonism (Part Three)
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2018-01-21
Some notes on the Gadianton Robbers
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2018-01-21
Some notes on the Gadianton Robbers
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2018-01-21
Sin Is An Inversion of God's Attributes
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2018-01-21
Receiving Covenant Blessings Now
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2018-01-21
Receiving Covenant Blessings Now
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2018-01-21
Lehi and his party encounter the Arabian Sea
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2018-01-21
Lehi and his party encounter the Arabian Sea
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2018-01-20
Some resemblances between Islam and Mormonism (Part Two)
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2018-01-20
Scientific discovery as an encounter with the divine
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2018-01-20
Lucky Joseph!
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2018-01-19
Asteroids and Meteorites, Construction and Destruction
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2018-01-19
Asteroids and Meteorites, Construction and Destruction
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2018-01-19
Some resemblances between Islam and Mormonism (Part One)
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2018-01-19
Prophetic Calls and Other Topics
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2018-01-19
My comments at the Protect LDS Children Press Conference
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2018-01-18
Some more on "jihad"
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2018-01-18
Some more on "jihad"
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2018-01-18
Old Testament Gospel Doctrine Lesson 3: Moses 1:27-42; 2:1-31; 3:1-25
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2018-01-18
Genesis 2-3, a New Kinda "Translation"
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2018-01-18
Unimaginable Vastness and Remarkable Order
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2018-01-18
Unimaginable Vastness and Remarkable Order
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2018-01-18
Our Choices Affect Generations
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2018-01-18
One Mormon Feminist's Thoughts on the New First Presidency
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2018-01-18
Some resources for Latter-day Saints
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2018-01-18
Some resources for Latter-day Saints
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2018-01-18
Four books to nourish and strengthen testimonies
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2018-01-18
Statement from Affirmation about the First Presidency
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2018-01-17
Regarding Jihad
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2018-01-17
"Nothing comes from nothing. Nothing ever could."
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2018-01-17
Dear First Presidency: We are not your flavours
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2018-01-17
Star Stuff
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2018-01-17
On the new First Presidency
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2018-01-16
Eve's Agency
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2018-01-16
Week Two: Cultivating Environments of Developmental Expectation
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2018-01-16
The Hajj
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2018-01-16
Four examples of astrophysical fine-tuning
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2018-01-16
Notes from "I Saw Heaven" (Part Two)
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2018-01-15
Perturbations
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2018-01-15
Perturbations
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2018-01-15
News Release: Protect the Children
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2018-01-15
The principle of fasting in Islam, and a mysterious chamber in the Great Pyramid
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2018-01-14
"The nature of the universe itself seems to raise the 'God' question."
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2018-01-14
Notes from "I Saw Heaven" (Part One)
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2018-01-14
Notes from "I Saw Heaven" (Part One)
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2018-01-14
It's The Season to Watch
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2018-01-14
Missile False Alarm
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2018-01-14
Almsgiving in Islam, preceded by a bit more on prayer
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2018-01-14
Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel - Ending LDS Racism
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2018-01-14
Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel - Ending LDS Racism
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2018-01-14
Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel - Ending LDS Racism
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2018-01-13
Mormonism and the challenges of Science, Revelation, and Faith at UVU
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2018-01-13
A divine mountain in the Arizona desert
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2018-01-13
A divine mountain in the Arizona desert
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2018-01-13
The Plagues of Egypt, the Demands of Justice, and Religious Freedom
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2018-01-13
The Plagues of Egypt, the Demands of Justice, and Religious Freedom
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2018-01-13
My Response to the President
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2018-01-13
Be Still
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2018-01-13
"Robust" fine-tuning in chemistry?
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2018-01-13
"Robust" fine-tuning in chemistry?
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2018-01-13
Muslim prayer
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2018-01-12
"Almost like a bacillus to which they have no immunity"
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2018-01-12
"The Demiurge's hidden message"
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2018-01-12
Introducing the "Interpreter Show"
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2018-01-11
Out of Jerusalem, en route to the land of promise
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2018-01-11
The universe is both very big and very weird.
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2018-01-11
The Five Pillars of Islam, Part 1
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2018-01-10
Scientism as religion. Really.
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2018-01-10
Donald Trump, President Monson, and the Times We Live In
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2018-01-10
Book of Mormon consistency and complexity
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2018-01-10
The Treatment of Women in the Qur’an (Part Two)
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2018-01-09
The Non-Clickbait Follow-up on Genesis 1
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2018-01-09
Sariah, Cliven Bundy, and the walls of Jerusalem
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2018-01-09
The Treatment of Women in the Qur’an (Part One)
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2018-01-09
Revisiting Mormonism: Week One: On Certainty
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2018-01-09
No Ram in the Thicket
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2018-01-09
"How to Make Solar Systems"
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2018-01-08
Of Gravity Waves, Diets, Planetary Orbits, Psychological Theories, and Misery
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2018-01-08
Three Literary/Linguistic Features of 1 Nephi
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2018-01-08
Further observations on the ethical teaching of the Qur’an
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2018-01-08
Wise Women Also Came
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2018-01-08
Some good quotations on science and religion
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2018-01-07
Orienting ourselves to a new day and a new year
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2018-01-07
"And now, if there are faults they are the mistakes of men"
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2018-01-07
Is genuine knowledge available beyond the sciences?
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2018-01-07
A bit more on the moral teachings of the Qur’an
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2018-01-07
Shame on the NY Times!
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2018-01-07
Just in time to help teachers and students in Gospel Doctrine classes!
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2018-01-06
The Book of Mormon, rich complexity, and martyrdom
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2018-01-06
"We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion-year-old carbon"
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2018-01-06
A preliminary note on Islamic moral teaching
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2018-01-06
Plato versus Moses, and other themes
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2018-01-06
Following a Prophet Who Lacks Charisma
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2018-01-06
Further reaction to the New York Times obituary of President Monson
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2018-01-06
Receiving the Real Truth
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2018-01-05
Thoughts from nearly fourteen years ago
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2018-01-05
Thoughts from nearly fourteen years ago
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2018-01-05
Paradise in the Qur’an
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2018-01-05
"The New York Times Proves It Hates Religious Americans With This Obituary"
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2018-01-05
What Makes Faith Transition so Painful?
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2018-01-05
President Monson, in and out of Germany
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2018-01-04
Fidel Castro, Hugh Hefner, and Thomas S. Monson
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2018-01-04
A few ideas in support of national survival
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2018-01-04
The Qur’an, on Hell (Plus a Note on Dating)
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2018-01-04
"Focusing on the essentials in the biblical story of creation"
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2018-01-04
New Years Resolution- Sing
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2018-01-04
Spiritual Thoughts for the Day
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2018-01-04
Tributes to President Monson, the last living witness to a great revelation
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2018-01-03
Seek Not For Power But To Pull It Down
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2018-01-03
"Aida" and Mitt Romney
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2018-01-03
Inconceivable vastness
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2018-01-03
"Grace" in Islam
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2018-01-03
From Mesoamerica to the Americas more widely
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2018-01-03
Two personal reminiscences of President Thomas S. Monson (1927-2018)
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2018-01-03
A Click-Bait Listicle: Seven Things You Didn't Know about Genesis chapter 1!
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2018-01-03
The Firstborn and The Birthright
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2018-01-02
"Why is the Book of Mormon a classic?"
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2018-01-02
"We are the witnesses"
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2018-01-02
Hans-Georg Gadamer on Scientism
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2018-01-02
The Qur’an on the Last Days
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2018-01-01
"Scientism," "cult-acolytes" and me
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2018-01-01
Still grinding away.
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2018-01-01
Out-of-the-Box in 2018
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2018-01-01
Remembrance of Things Past