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  • Cornucopia

    Conversion, Culture, and Buying Members

    Erica Merrell

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    November 29, 2005

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    11 responses

    The mufti here in Bishkek spoke at a conference on religious tolerance a few days ago. He has recently returned from a trip to the United States and said that if Muslims want Islam to be more respected in America, Muslim countries need to allow religious freedom in their own countries. Read More

  • 12 Questions, Cornucopia

    Twelve Questions with Greg Whiteley

    Julie M. Smith

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    November 28, 2005

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    19 responses

    Greg Whiteley, the director of the very well-received new movie New York Doll, has kindly agreed to answer questions from our readers. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Progress Report

    Kaimi Wenger

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    November 28, 2005

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    26 responses

    So we’re supposed to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. That’s not so hard. In fact, I read the first chapter today. One down, eight to go. Now what’s so difficult about that? Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Lessons on Suing the Church from Commodity Traders

    Nate Oman

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    November 28, 2005

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    26 responses

    People often get upset with members who sue the Church. Why? As you might expect, I think that the answer lies in contract disputes between commodity traders. Read More

  • Cornucopia, Social Sciences and Economics

    Give to the Beautiful

    Frank McIntyre

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    November 28, 2005

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    67 responses

    We had a seminar recently from an experimental economist out of the University of Chicago. He has done a variety of cool things using field experiments. Let me mention the one he presented. The experiment involved sending people door to door to do fund raising for a (real) charity. The fundraisers (who were college students) were paid $10/hour. Men averaged about $9/hour in donations. There was little correlation between their productivity and their appearance. Pretty women got about $17/hour in donations. Read More

  • Cornucopia, Life in the Church

    The Real Reason

    Julie M. Smith

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    November 26, 2005

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    41 responses

    Matt Evans and I went a few rounds at one of those other blogs over the reason behind falling LDS birthrates. Turns out we were both wrong. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Wilfried: My conversion

    Wilfried Decoo

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    November 25, 2005

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    12 responses

    I posted my conversion story before under the title Why I have a testimony. As part of “My conversion” week, I use it again here, adding a little introduction on my childhood. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Julie’s Conversion Story

    Julie M. Smith

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    November 24, 2005

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    4 responses

    [I’m reposting my conversion story here to round out our week of conversion stories.] Read More

  • Cornucopia

    The Russian Word for Rain

    Erica Merrell

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    November 24, 2005

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    6 responses

    My conversion has been a lot more like studying a language than being granted the gift of tongues. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Gordon: My Conversion

    Gordon Smith

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    November 23, 2005

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    3 responses

    When I first learned that Joseph Smith had written more than one version of the First Vision, I understood completely. Like Jim, I have “any number of versions” of my conversion story. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Gina’s Conversion Story

    Julie M. Smith

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    November 22, 2005

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    18 responses

    [After I posted my conversion story, Gina sent me hers. I thought it was wonderful and asked her permission to share it with our readers. With her gracious permission, here is Gina’s story.–Julie] Read More

  • Cornucopia

    God Does Not See Me When I Drink

    Erica Merrell

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    November 22, 2005

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    19 responses

    Islam in Central Asia is nothing like Islam in the Middle East. But this is what I love about Islam. It has its own local flair everywhere you go. Read More

  • Cornucopia, Life in the Church

    The Four Types of Mormons

    Julie M. Smith

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    November 21, 2005

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    55 responses

    So my very bright friend in Wisconsin has come up with something that should get us light years beyond the tired old Liahona-Iron Rod business. Here it is, in his words, not mine. Read More

  • Cornucopia, Life in the Church

    Jim F: My Conversion

    Jim F.

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    November 21, 2005

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    33 responses

    Thanksgiving seems a good time to think about my membership in the Church and my gratitude for the Gospel. In other words, it seems to be a particularly good time for me to reflect on my conversion. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    More Thankful Every Day: Conversion Week on T&S

    Russell Arben Fox

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    November 20, 2005

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    6 responses

    This week on Times and Seasons several of us will be sharing conversion stories, whether discussing our own conversion to the restored gospel or that of others. We figured that there are few things more appropriate to Thanksgiving week then to reflect upon those events for which many of us have cause to be deeply thankful. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    From the Archives: Is there an LDS Thanksgiving Identity?

    Kaimi Wenger

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    November 19, 2005

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    One response

    Is there a distinct LDS attitude, approach, or spirit towards Thanksgiving — an LDS Thanksgiving identity — or are we as church members merely hangers-on to the broad Protestant Thanksgiving tradition? (more. . .) Read More

  • Social Sciences and Economics

    Choose Your Own Adventure

    Frank McIntyre

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    November 18, 2005

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    114 responses

    Let’s play a game. You can choose between two jobs. One pays $50,000 and the other pays $100,000. You know, or can guess, that if you take the first you will give about $5,000/yr in fast offerings and other gifts to the poor. If you make $100,000 you will give about $15,000. You will also pay several thousand more dollars in taxes, but we’ll set that aside. So in one case, you consume about $45,000 and in the other, you consume about $85,000. Which do you take? Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Is the Church the Same Wherever You Go?

    Erica Merrell

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    November 17, 2005

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    24 responses

    My husband and I had the good fortune to spend some time in a few small branches in the Middle East about 8 years ago while we were studying Arabic. While we spent most of our time in the Jerusalem Branch, we also visited branches in Cairo, Amman, and Irbid, Jordan. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Return of the Guest-Bloggers: T&S Welcomes Erica (Amira) Merrell

    Russell Arben Fox

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    November 17, 2005

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    11 responses

    After a too-long hiatus, T&S is happy to announce that our guest-blogging machinery is slowly creaking back to life…. Read More

  • Cornucopia, Life in the Church

    Two coalminers

    Wilfried Decoo

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    November 17, 2005

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    43 responses

    Their story would have made an agreeable Ensign article were it not for that later development that ruined its beauty. Oh, believe me, I was tempted to censor the second part. But it would feel like cheating. Besides, the aftermath carries the morale of the story. Read More

  • Cornucopia, News and Politics

    Go See “States of Grace”!

    Ben Huff

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    November 17, 2005

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    29 responses

    Dutcher captures the wrenching beauty of the struggle to follow Christ. “States of Grace: God’s Army 2” is really good. Go. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Priestcraft.com

    Kaimi Wenger

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    November 16, 2005

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    90 responses

    As we move further into the information age, the possibilities for priestcraft multiply. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Is Mormonism Romantic?

    Russell Arben Fox

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    November 15, 2005

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    21 responses

    A couple of excellent articles on C.S. Lewis’s life and work have appeared over the past few days–all part of the build-up to the release of the upcoming movie of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, of course, but still good articles nonetheless. In particular, the New Yorker piece, brought to my attention by Ronan Head, provides opportunity to think again about Lewis’s very magical, very romantic sense of the divine, and our own. Read More

  • Cornucopia, Latter-day Saint Thought

    BYU and the Advancement of Mormon Studies

    Ben Huff

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    November 15, 2005

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    49 responses

    Should up-and-coming Mormon scholars go to work at BYU, if they are interested in doing some of their work in Mormon Studies? I can think of a few young and mobile people a lot of us would like to see teaching there. But there are pros and cons. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Where does the Bloggernacle live?

    Matt Evans

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    November 13, 2005

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    13 responses

    Bryce Inouye has created a bloggernacle Frappr page that shows you where our bloggernacle community lives. If you’re willing to share your zip code, add yourself! (Note that Frappr requires you to leave a short comment in the “shoutout” box. ) Read More

  • Social Sciences and Economics

    Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten

    Frank McIntyre

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    November 11, 2005

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    38 responses

    Clearly, were there to be a famine, a one year food supply in the basement would look really good. What may be slightly less obvious is that the presence of food storage, even if nobody ever uses any of it for an emergency, can stop a famine from ever actually happening. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Out of the mouth of Mormon children

    Kaimi Wenger

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    November 10, 2005

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    34 responses

    “I planted some [popcorn kernels] in the back yard, so we can have apricots.” Kace Wenger, age 6. Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Mark Your Calenders!

    Nate Oman

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    November 9, 2005

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    27 responses

    The Third Annual LDS Law Students conference is coming up. The organizers have already put together a very slick looking website with lots of information about the conference. The scheduled speakers include Harry Reid (Senate Minority Leader), Thomas B. Griffith (U.S. Court of Appeals Judge), Robert F. Drinan, S.J. (Professor of Law at Georgetown and ordained Jesuit priest), Richard Bushman (Professor emeritus of History at Columbia), and others. There will also be panels on corporate law, public interest law, women and the law, and much much more. I attended the conference last year at Columbia and loved it. Interesting presenters,… Read More

  • Cornucopia

    Holiday Books for Children

    Russell Arben Fox

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    November 9, 2005

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    5 responses

    Continuing our series, I thought it might be nice to briefly bring up some favorite children’s holiday books of mine, as well as beg for additional suggestions. Read More

  • Cornucopia, General Doctrine, Latter-day Saint Thought, Philosophy and Theology, Scriptures

    Theology and Idolatry

    Jim F.

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    November 8, 2005

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    25 responses

    Let me present a sketch–though only a sketch and a very broad one at that–of how one might think about theology, both about a problem with it and one of the possible responses to that problem. Read More

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