{"id":4648,"date":"2008-07-07T20:17:15","date_gmt":"2008-07-08T01:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=4648"},"modified":"2009-07-26T18:58:36","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T23:58:36","slug":"posts-you-might-have-missed-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2008\/07\/posts-you-might-have-missed-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Posts You Might Have Missed 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the Bloggernacle was ablaze with commentary on the June 29 First Presidency letter to California Mormons (see interesting updates here<\/a> and here<\/a>) plenty of posts on other timely topics were zipping through cyberspace. <\/p>\n

Results of a massive survey on American religious life conducted by the Pew Forum were released. Matt B. at JI summarizes some of the results<\/a>: 581 Mormons were included in the survey population; the LDS Church has a surprisingly sharp gender gap in the results, favoring women; compared to other denominations, Mormons like the Republican Party but don’t like homeschooling or evolution; and only 35% of Mormons “believe that their ‘Holy Book’ is literally the word of God.” Additional figures, plus links to the data, were posted at 16SS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At Mormon Magz, a short piece<\/a> on “Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet,” a reprint of Elder Ballard’s talk last year at BYU-H, which might just become the next generation’s “Flooding the Earth With the Book of Mormon<\/a>.” Speaking of the next generation, BCC chimed in<\/a> with commentary likening LDS inability to communicate with other believers to the plight of Picard and Darmok in a noteworthy TNG episode. Noteworthy, but not the best. Of the 178 episodes<\/a>, my favorites were “The Inner Light<\/a>” and (of course) “The Best of Both Worlds<\/a>” (the 2-part Borg drama). Special thanks to Wikipedia for making useful information like the title and plot of every TNG episode available at the click of a mouse. Oh, and don’t forget to share the gospel online.<\/p>\n

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