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Potential Effects of the Missionary Age Announcement

October 7, 2012 | 92 comments
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If you had any doubt about the impact of the announcement yesterday that missionary service for men and women can begin earlier, just read the reactions in the bloggernacle, on facebook and twitter and even in major newspapers. The largest of the blogs in the bloggernacle have already weighed in on the change… multiple times… in less than 24 hours. I have to wonder; has anyone not put in their two cents? 4 people like this post. Like Unlike Read more »

Mormon Mexico

May 6, 2009 | 12 comments
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For some time now I’ve been planning a series of posts looking at the LDS presence in different countries around the world. But unlike what has been done elsewhere, I want to find and present information that gives a view of what life may be like for most LDS Church members in that country. I also hope to give an idea of the development of Mormon culture in the country, mention a few of the well-known or notable citizens of that country who are Mormon, as well as a brief idea of the distribution and development of the Church... Read more »

Adultery in Law

March 10, 2009 | 70 comments
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I had a buddy in high school who was a fierce Navajo patriot. He bitterly resented what had become of his people. I needled him once on how much better off the Navajo were now with roads, and medicines, and aqueducts, and things. His voice got strangled and he could hardly say anything. He finally choked this out: “before you white men came, when we caught an adulterer we had horses drag him to death.” 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike Read more »

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  • 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)
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  • 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)
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