[…] who, in fact, were acting under presidential sanction, but when exposed were offered up as sacrifices in order to vindicate the Church’s integrity. In making his defense at his trial, Cowley lamented that he […]
[…] more inviting place. Under these circumstances the Church was better able to “socialize” the second generation. In order to perpetuate itself, an institution must success fully retain the allegiance of those who, in Mormon […]
[…] we’ll show you the butcher business.” As I walked out, I thought of the Ford Mustang I’d buy now I was working—it would be one hot car! And I saw the old boy in […]
[…] of Reynolds’ Concordance. Unfortunately for all of us, the passages he used were lifted out of context in order to prove a point, a practice I thought was beneath Lutheran textual criticism. In addition, Hullinger […]
[…] illiterate rabble), they did start out by emphasizing the importance of improving the mind. Remember that in order to study the Bible and Book of Mormon, they had to be able to read. In […]
[…] to be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory, why should the spirits have to go hying all over the universe? When the graves were thrown open on Resurrection Day, they could simply take up […]
[…] the century it was still a matter of particular interest among Mormon intellectuals, scientists and General Authorities.[ 6] At the time Roberts wrote and shortly after, several Mormon scientists openly declared agreement between current […]
[…] life is very different from mine, a role model need not travel the exact same path in order to inspire. Unashamed to live the life of the mind while celebrating the possibilites of the […]
[…] a Utopian tone when he declared that America would “support any friend or oppose any foe in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.” But this was soon replaced by the “defense […]
[…] from revelation, into one consistent whole. As Edward Lueders expressed so effectively in The Clam Lake Papers,[ 6] we should resist the temptation to reject a promising new idea simply because it appears to contradict […]