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Uber-Deep and Important Doctrinal Questions

May 15, 2009 | 18 comments
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After reading the post from a couple days ago about optimal tithing rates, I started to think about some of the unanswered questions that have come to mind while I’ve been playing Brick Breaker in Elder’s Quorum pondering the mysteries of the Gospel.  It seems like this audience might be able to offer some differing perspectives on these conundrums that, up to now, have kept me at a loss.  A lot of you seem to be much smarter than I am. Have at them. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

What Does My Lack of Personal Trials Say About Me?

May 7, 2009 | 33 comments
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I’ve been thinking long and hard about what I should talk about in my inaugural post on this blog.  Quite honestly, when I agreed to do a stint as a guest blogger, I thought it would be pretty easy.  But, lately, it seems that all my Mormonism-related thoughts have been trite and meaningless.  For example, I considered drafting a post complaining about one of the teachers Elders Quorum and his refusal to teach out of the manual.  But, honestly, I think that post would have just ended up being a rant about a quorum discussion outlining the evils of... Read more »

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  • “And, anyway, the church isn’t some sort of floating seminar in historiography.”(Dave)
  • Bowman on how Mormons (hence Romney) think of the poor(James)
  • LDS statement issued in response to 9th Circuit opinion holding Prop 8 unconstitutional(Dave)
  • Scalzi on Romney: “When I don’t vote for him, his being a member of the LDS church won’t be a part of it.” (Kaimi)
  • Mormon numbers are not adding up (Dave)
  • MSNBC interviews LDS historian Matt Bowman (Dave)
  • (Gasp!) Mitt Romney baptizes dead people!(Kaimi)
  • The Mormon Lit Blitz (Dave)
  • “You can start by listening, absorbing, and deciding that you will no longer dismiss someone else’s experience just because you have not had that same experience yourself.” (Kaimi)
  • GOP candidates & (Christian) common good(James)
  • Romney Thumps Gingrich in Florida(Alison)
  • At the SL Trib: “Mormons tackling tough questions in their history” (Dave)
  • NYT debate on Mormonism (Laurie Maffly Kipp, Jana Riess, others)(James)
  • Mormonism, the religion of the American West. Or not. (Dave)
  • Ron Paul appealing to Mormons?(James)
  • “What is this, a fabric store?”(Ben S.)
  • Doubt and the Creed(James)
  • Uh oh — four out of five ESPN pannelists see Jimmer as the most disappointing rookie of the year so far.(Kaimi)
  • Jay Leno sued over Mitt Romney joke (Dave)
  • Funeral potatoes in the New York Times. (Kaimi)

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