Do two posts: an intro to the demography problem, and a second post on causes of the birth dearth. Do a third on my unique explanation for the birth dearth–countries that are more conscious of the importance of demography have more kids, and that correlates with countries that had a more active eugenics movement. The United States has children at the replacement rate (meaning enough kids are born to replace the people who die).* If you exclude recent immigrants and their first generation descendants, the United States has birth rates a little below the replacement rate. France, the United... Read more »
LDS Newsroom
- Manaus Brazil Temple Opens To the Public May 16, 2012
- Ground Broken for Provo, Utah’s Second Temple May 12, 2012
- Released for Mother's Day: Bible Video Depicts Mary, Mother of Jesus May 11, 2012
- Pacific Mormon Helping Hands Come to the Aid of Their Neighbors May 11, 2012
- Mormon Story: Journalist Describes It Well May 10, 2012
- Church Preserving Legacy of Historic Buildings May 10, 2012
- “Stately and Magnificent” Mormon Kansas City Missouri Temple Dedicated May 6, 2012
- Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right | May 4 May 4, 2012
- Political Neutrality: Whiteboard Animation 'Draws Out' Church Position (VIDEO) May 3, 2012
- Mormon Helping Hands: Fix Up, Clean Up, Build It in California and Hawaii May 2, 2012
Blog Archives
Literally Bearing Another’s Burdens
The Inklings has introduced me to Charles Williams, who was an odd sort of Christian. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Notes from all over.
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Norman Rockwell Beyond the Veil
The Lovely One and I went to our ward’s temple sealing assignment last night. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Uncomfortable in Stake Conference
On the sweetness of Mormon life. 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Water on Mars!
We have probable confirmation of water on Mars. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Notes from all over
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Notes from all over.
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My Trouble with Apologetics
C.S. Lewis said he was never less convinced of the truth of Christianity than when he had been vigorously defending it. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Unhand Me, You Villain.
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A Gentile Plat for the City of Zion
I’ve just come across an interesting thinker about cities and planning who, like Joseph Smith, believes that once a city reaches around 10,000 or so of population a new city should be started. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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Brigham Young in Zero G
Brother Jonathan Goff at the Selenian Boondocks blog has a great post on what we can learn about space expansion from the Mormon experience settling the West. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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Our Hero Discovers His Pelagian Taint
I picked up Alan Jacobs’ book Original Sin. Good stuff. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Gay Marriage and Households with Kids
A Megan McCardle McArdle guestblogger has a well-expressed version of “the conservative case for gay marriage”. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Decoration Day
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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Albuquerque Phoenix Bloggersnacker
If there is anyone in the Albuquerque area who reads this, you are invited to watch the Phoenix touch-down over at our place at 5 pm this Sunday. If all goes well, this would be the first successful Mars arctic landing and would potentially confirm the presence of water ice in the Martian north. For details, reply to this post and include a working email address in the email box of the commenting form. Bloggern who live elsewhere can watch the live feed here. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Vertical Farms for the City of Zion
A while back I tried to imagine what a plan for the city of Zion would be like if we were imagining a great city instead of Joseph Smith’s town of 10,000. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Prince Caspian, a Review
This movie was better than the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (reviewed here). Prince Caspian was a good movie. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Platonic hymn-singing
We have a sick daughter–so going shifts, the lovely one and I, I went to another ward’s sacrament meeting, where we sang one of my favorite hymns. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
California Judges Order Gay Marriage
California’s Court has judicially mandated gay marriage. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
Flour Gravy, Mother’s Day.
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How Notions of Government Inform Sexual Morality
This is my impressionistic take on how ideas about government influence ideas about sexual morality. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
The Myth of Evolution and the Myth of the Fall
Noah Millman concedes that the science of evolution is not incompatible with the truth of Christianity. But, he argues, the myth of evolution is incompatible with the myth of Christianity. I think science does have implications for the persuasiveness of specific religious doctrines, simply as a psychological matter. And I think evolution through natural selection is extremely uncongenial to the central Christian story about the nature of sin and evil in the world. Why? Because the Christian story has the entry of strife into the world come about as the result of human sin, whereas the core idea behind... Read more »
Orbital Sacrament
Kathleen Maughan Lind, Don Lind, Mormon Astronaut, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985. 171-172: 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »
Is Fiction Inherently Immoral?
“The truest poetry is the most feigning.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
A Branch Dies on Easter
I’m posting the following from Ray with his permission. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
437 Children Taken from Cohab Parents
By now you’ll have heard about the Mormon splinter sect in Texas that was accused of a forced, under-age marriage and how, in consequence, the state of Texas raided and took away all 416 437 kids. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »
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- Matthew Bowman: "Mormonism and American Progressivism"
- Samuel Morris Brown: "In Heaven as it is on Earth"
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