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Calling all foodies

December 19, 2004 | 45 comments
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I want to thank Times and Seasons for the opportunity to blog over the past two weeks. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Stem Cells, part 2

December 17, 2004 | 13 comments
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We’ve already discussed our moral obligations to the very very young. Now I’d like to talk about our obligations to the very very old. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Secular knowledge

December 16, 2004 | 55 comments
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Is secular knowledge a spiritual distraction? Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Laughing at ourselves

December 12, 2004 | 16 comments
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I am particularly fond of an old Jewish folk story called Esperanza’s Bread. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Thoughts on evolution

December 10, 2004 | 206 comments
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I suspect that when many people think about how God created humans, they have a subconscious image of Him carefully designing each system and part, essentially the same way a human engineer would. But increasingly that’s not how human engineers work. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

An Engineering Analysis of Santa Claus

December 9, 2004 | 15 comments
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To prove that engineers have a sense of humor, I send the following to my family every year at Christmas. I wish I could say I wrote it, but I didn’t, and don’t know who did. Perhaps you’ve seen it before. If not, enjoy. 2 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »

Stem Cells, part 1

December 7, 2004 | 294 comments
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Until recently I had the good fortune to be a member of Matt Evans’ Elder’s Quorum class. Matt asked me a question once that I couldn’t answer, and still can’t. I’m hoping T&S can help (and I hope Matt doesn’t mind!) Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

A House Of Order

December 6, 2004 | 11 comments
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My wife Angela is a veterinarian. She’s also apparently a really good Relief Society enrichment teacher (I’m not allowed to go to these things, but I have this on good authority). A few weeks ago the enrichment lesson subject was “A House of Order”, from Doctrine and Covenants 88:119: “Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.” This scripture primarily refers to the temple, of course, but it’s also often used to... Read more »

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Notes from All Over

  • Sister Monson passed away.(Julie)
  • “The Book of Mormon” musical scores a baptism. (Frank)
  • Spencer shines some light on “bracketing” – long live Husserl! (Adam)
  • Branch of Mormonism ready to endorse same-sex marriage(Wilfried)
  • Mormon novelist is subject of academic panel at SASS(Kent)
  • Why no one should ever use the “chewed gum” analogy again.(Julie)
  • Romney’s SVU commencement advice looks suspiciously anti-birth control (Kent)
  • WSJ looks at case of missing returned LDS missionary, feared abducted by North Korea (Kent)
  • “In order to approach the scriptures from a realistic perspective we need to take a side trip into the secular world of science and scholarship.” (Dave)
  • Hear Gilgamesh recited in Akkadian! (Ben S.)
  • Why recommending McDonald’s for lunch is a great idea (Ben S.)
  • Jenny Webb @ The Mormon Book Review (Adam)
  • Hate your garments? Maybe this is the answer (Kent)
  • Nihilism, absolutism, and Mormonism (Dave)
  • It’s like a folk doctrine time capsule! (Julie)
  • Mormon face (Julie)
  • From Jana Riess: The Mormon Reinvention of Emma Smith (Dave)
  • Remember my “Thomas Jefferson Education” post?(Julie)
  • “I followed the crowd until I ended up in Relief Society, where all eyes trained on me, immediately recognizable as an outsider.” (Dave)
  • Square Two Symposium on “Rube Goldberg Machines” (Adam)

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