Light and Dark Thoughts on Death
April 20, 2018[…] coffin and white flowers and the clothes she wanted to be buried in. She had planned to buy a new temple dress but had not gotten around to it. After considering a few alternatives, […]
[…] coffin and white flowers and the clothes she wanted to be buried in. She had planned to buy a new temple dress but had not gotten around to it. After considering a few alternatives, […]
[…] Ex-Mormons for Jesus; while those at the opposite super anfr’-Mormon extreme are confident that I will fall over into the baptismal font any day now. That I could still be fascinated with the study […]
[…] . the odds and ends of Joseph Smith’s utterances were constructed and expanded into a philosophic system.”[ 6] And when Leonard Arrington asked fifty prominent Mormon scholars in 1968 to rank the leading intellectuals […]
[…] died and George Miller, the only other general bishop, had apostatized, leaving Bishop Whitney with unquestioned seniority.[ 6] In Utah the makeshift communalism of the trek rapidly gave way to a revived system of […]
[…] Joseph inquire of the Lord about it, and they received an answer according to their erring desires.”[ 6] Official Church histories contain no record of disagreement or controversy, and the significance of the event […]
[…] male guest once appeared in casual blue silk stockings rather than the more conventional black silk ones.[ 6] The symbol well reflected the informal and democratic nature of their association. But in time, rather […]
[…] those who sincerely hear, reflect, and pray” (p. 186). “Prophets in dependently substantiate other prophets” (pp. 2- 3). “The blunt condemnation of current religions reported by Joseph Smith is a profound mark of credibility […]
[…] trying to teach you a lesson. God is testing you. God punishes those he loves. It’s probably for the best. It could be a lot worse. God gives people what they deserve. Did you […]
[…] it may be that all of us would do well to get, in some ways, closer still. For a people who manage to watch 251 murders a year on TV, we Americans—and more especially […]
[…] sin. There is no middle ground where ordinary people strive to be good but don’t always succeed.[ 6] This almost case-study clarity of the Book of Mormon undeniably leaves its mark on LDS consciousness […]