[…] the firm believers.[5] This marked trend away from traditional Christian beliefs is what we mean by secularization.[ 6] The Origins and Development of Secularism The intellectual origins of modern secularism are not entirely clear, […]
[…] We spend one morning cracking walnuts and another throwing leaves. Fortunately the Elders Quorum has decided to buy playground equipment for next year. One unusually warm winter morning I arrive at school to find […]
[…] thinks of these specific proposals, they reflect the Prophet’s sensitivity to social problems, as does his concern over slavery; and across the years the message is clear—be anxiously engaged in a good cause. We do […]
[…] those of historic Christianity.” Yet Dr. Hoekema has decided that “The Christ of Mormonism is not the Christ of Scripture.” The good doctor came to this conclusion by asking—and himself answering—the following ten questions: …
[…] got your 40 cents and your flight’s leaving, so you do the normal thing—you kick that machine—pow.[ 6] And yet many whites refuse to believe that blacks have any special disadvantages. “I made it […]
[…] “On Liberty”: It was now perceived that such phrases as “self-government,” and the power of the people over themselves,” do not express the true state of the case. The “people” who exercise the power […]
[…] anything associated with emotional disorders. Many believe “If you live your religion, you won’t need a psychiatrist.” For many, to visit a psychiatrist would be to admit emotional and spiritual failure. Mormons might enter […]
[…] abroad will probably reach two and one-half to three million by 2000 A.D.—increasing at a rate of 6 percent per year. The concentration of Mormons in a few Christian or Americanized countries is likely […]
[…] Waller. Last of the Great Western Train Robbers. South Brunswick, New York: A. S. Barnes, 1968. $ 6.95. Budvarson, Arthur. The Book of Mormon—True or False! Concord, California: Pacific Publishing Company, 1967. $1.00. Cheney, […]
[…] long (according to Doctor Baer’s indications), and I have a pretty good idea of what PJS (as I shall call this document) must have looked like before it broke into pieces over a century ago.