Two analogies occurred to me as I developed this essay—first, that of a dialectical assertion with its thesis, antithesis, and subsequent synthesis. The second analogy, more visual, is of a triptych, with two opposing […]
[…] Park Chapel. (For more on that, including a history of places the Church has met in Cambridge over the decades up through the dedication of the Longfellow Park Chapel in 1956, and beyond, see […]
[…] to “express themselves on this urgent matter to their elected representatives in the Senate,” it’s hard to buy Mormon involvement as a grass-roots movement. Most Church members comply when the leadership merely implies there […]
[…] word of God are nonetheless disturbed by them. The scriptures contain inconsistencies and outright contradictions. Particularly disturbing for many are scriptural portrayals of God as wrathful, vengeful, and violent. This article will introduce these […]
[…] need.” “Maybe we’ll create money,” Kim answered. “Money is the seedbed of inequality.” “But what could we buy or sell? And who would buy it?” “We start accumulating things we don’t need.” “Such as?” […]
[…] what do most people do? Most people take the thousand bucks and content themselves with it. They buy a month of steak dinners, a Louis Vuitton purse, a flat-screen TV. Tam starts to say […]
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As a missionary in France and Belgium, I frequently encountered devout Catholics who would describe their journeys to Lourdes or Fatima. “Ah, oui! J’ai vu la grotte, la grotte où la Vierge s’est apparue […]
[…] seen during any other time in its history.” He buttressed this claim with the fact that for over a year “media attention far exceeded even the considerable interest generated during the 2002 Winter Olympics in […]
[…] long ago deserted. (See his “Light in Darkness: Embracing the Opportunity of Climate Change,” Dialogue 43, no. 3 : 100–127). He does not explain why, after dis carding both organized religion and God, he […]