Posts Tagged ‘ testimony ’

The Waylaying of Brandon Flowers

September 11, 2012 | 80 comments
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Despite being unfairly ambushed on the subject of religion prior to a recent performance on the Norwegian-Swedish television show Skavlan, Brandon Flowers admirably stood up for his faith, shying away from neither the battery of questions on his Mormonism by Norwegian journalist Fredrik Skavlan and others nor the full-on frontal assault on Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon and God by surprise guest Richard Dawkins.  While it was clear Flowers would have rather been talking about his music and his band, he nevertheless responded directly to questions about whether he actually believes the origin story of the Mormon faith and proactively cut into a Dawkins’ screed about the... Read more »

This I Believe

April 19, 2009 | 9 comments
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Sunstone West included a panel titled This I Believe, where panelists presented short pieces (3-5 minutes) about their beliefs. My talk is here. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Sunday Morning Session Notes

April 5, 2009 | 10 comments
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Here’s a few thoughts on Sunday Morning’s session of conference. We encourage everyone to take notes during each session and post their thoughts in comments here. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Joseph Smith, Again for the First Time

January 12, 2008 | 29 comments
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Sometimes I have suffered from convert envy. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

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  • Why no one should ever use the “chewed gum” analogy again.(Julie)
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  • 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)
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