Many who revere the scriptures as the inspired 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, […]
[…] who recently retired as chancellor of the California Community College System, the largest higher-education system in the world; by Robert M. Randolph, chaplain at MIT who regularly works with students from Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, […]
[…] Guide to Heavenly Mother, which included dozens of images of Heavenly Mother by Mormon artists around the world. Professional and amateur artists on social media platforms have shared thousands of images of Heavenly Mother […]
[…] In this essay, I discuss this history, present evidence that Latter-day Saint men sold abortion pills in the late nineteenth century, and argue that it is likely some Latter-day Saint women took them in […]
Did the Deuteronomist say, I have set before you plutocracy and democracy, therefore choose democracy? Or, I have set before you capitalism and socialism, therefore choose socialism? Or, I have set before you economics […]
[…] life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come. Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea seek ye out […]
[…] 100 in most of those years. Some of the 76 Negroes lynched in the first year after World War I were returning Negro soldiers, lynched while wearing the uniform of their country. To these […]
[…] suggested an effort that would make it “the best religious magazine for adults published anywhere in the world.” That boast contrasts with the humble beginnings of an earlier church magazine, The Contributor, published between […]
[…] promise of “getting it all together.” Man is perceived to have pre-existed this life in the spirit world; but since there are experiences which are not available to a pure spirit form (physical pain, […]
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