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September 2, 2016
Driving religious believers out of the medical profession?
Further news on the religious liberty front: “‘Consensus Statement’ to Force MDs to Kill/Abort” “Forced Reeducation for MDs Who Don’t Want to Kill”
“Louisiana Love displayed to over 6,000 Mormon Helping Hands”
A nice article from The Creole, which is the online newspaper of Ascension Parish, Louisiana. And don’t miss the short comment that follows the article. I hope that those who routinely mock Mormon Helping Hands efforts — yup, there are such folks — are doing at least as much to help [Read More...]
“‘With the Tongue of Angels’: Angelic Speech as a Form of Deification”
This week’s new Interpreter article is up: “With the Tongue of Angels”: Angelic Speech as a Form of Deification I’m deeply grateful to all of the writers, readers, editors, source checkers, donors, technical experts, filmmakers, roundtable discussants, and other volunteers who have made Interpreter possible.
Understanding the Other
“Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.” John Steinbeck
“As Predicted, Gay Activists Attack the Messengers, Ignore the Evidence”
I haven’t been following the responses to this monograph, but I’m not surprised that at least a significant number of the hostile reactions seem to have been textbook specimens of the ad hominem logical fallacy: “As Predicted, Gay Activists Attack the Messengers, Ignore the Evidence” Does it really need to be [Read More...]
A threat of mass murder against an LDS congregation in Scotland
From an obviously deranged former member of the Church: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14...
September 1, 2016
“Utah Mormon David Sneddon missing since 2004 ‘in N. Korea acting as Kim Jong-Un’s personal tutor’”
http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/uta... Here’s some background: “Did North Korea Kidnap an American Hiker?” North Korea has been in the kidnapping business for a very long time. Here are a few articles on the subject: “This is the craziest story you’ll ever hear out of North Korea” “North Korean Abductions of [Read More...]
Equality and Government Power
A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. Friedrich August von Hayek One of the great privileges of my life was to spend a week in Scotland during 1976 in the meetings of a small group that included F. A. Hayek, who had won [Read More...]
“LDS Young Men Leader Drowns on Scouting Trip, Says Priesthood Blessing Helped Revive Him”
A story that some of you will find of interest: http://www.ldsliving.com/LDS-Scouting...
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