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October 6, 2015
“Brian Hales the Amateur — Revisited”
Brian Hales is a leading published authority on the subject of plural marriage, but, alas, he’s an active and believing Latter-day Saint. Accordingly, those who really, really, really, really dislike his point of view on the subject — it doesn’t lend itself easily to attempts to discredit Joseph Smith — have sought to [Read More...]
Washington on religion and public virtue
“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” George Washington
“Want a new apostle with a diverse background? He’s already there.”
A really interesting insider’s perspective from the niece of one of the three new apostles just called: http://www.mormonobserver.com/2015/10... Thanks to Bradley Perkins for bringing this piece to my attention.
Details about Joshua Berman’s lectures on 7-8 October
What with the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology conference and the Annual International Law and Religion conference, along with who knows what else, this week at BYU is proving to be what the French call an embarrass de richesses, an “embarrassment of riches” or a confusing overabundance. And don’t forget the [Read More...]
October 5, 2015
The innate human desire to understand
“Earth, stars, and the vastness of space; yesterday, today and tomorrow; and the endlessly increasing knowledge of the relation of forces, present an illimitable universe of numberless phenomena. Only in general outline can the universe be understood. In its infinite variety of expression, it wholly transcends the human mind. . . . In [Read More...]
My own personal take on the recent apostolic callings
Would I have liked to see non-Utahn, non-American apostles named? Yes, I would have liked that. I was delighted with Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s call to the Twelve, for example, and then to the First Presidency. I’m pleased to see people from Europe, Latin America, Africa, Oceania, and Asia serving in [Read More...]
Lorenzo Snow’s first impressions of Joseph Smith
The intelligent, college-educated Lorenzo Snow recalled seeing Joseph Smith for the first time. “I made a critical examination as to his appearance, his dress, and his manner as I heard him speak,” Snow said. He was only twenty-five years of age and was not, at that time, what would be called a fluent [Read More...]
“Out of the best books”
“An acquaintanceship with the literature of the world may be won by any person who will devote half an hour a day to the careful reading of the best books. The habit of reading good books is one that gives great comfort in all the stages and among all the vicissitudes of life. [Read More...]
Two visitors from the Royal Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
One of the very best things that happen at BYU every year is the Annual International Law and Religion Symposium. Here’s the program for this year’s meetings: http://www.iclrs.org/content/blurb/fi... As a by-product of the 2015 meetings, I was able to attend a special joint lecture this afternoon by Dr. Yahya Al-Btoush, [Read More...]
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