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“A Mormon Convert’s Clever Response to an Attack on Her Faith”

    This situation was adroitly handled.   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“Much Ado About Nothing”

    We caught a very entertaining production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing here last night.  They played the comedic scenes with Beatrice and Benedick really broadly — the scenes with Dogberry, Verges, and the night watch are inescapably and hilariously broad already — and the audience loved it.  (So far as I could tell, [Read More...]

“Jupiter’s giant red storm makes its atmosphere hotter than molten lava”

    You may want to postpone your plans for that Jovian vacation until you can find more suitable clothing:   http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/health/...   Fortunately, while it’s an excellent site for extreme sports, there is no evidence whatever that year-round residents of Jupiter are particularly fashion-conscious.   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

“A First (and Last) Look at the New Mormon Temple”

    In this extensively illustrated article, Philadelphia magazine tours the newly completed Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple:   A First (And Last*) Look at the New Mormon Temple   Posted from Cedar City, Utah    

Attacking the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. soldier

    I’m sorry, folks, but, in my judgment, this man is simply unfit to be president of the United States.  Independently of concerns about Hillary Clinton and questions about Gary Johnson, he is simply unworthy of the office.   “Donald Trump to Father of Fallen Soldier: ‘I’ve Made a Lot of Sacrifices'” “Trump’s Vulgar [Read More...]

“The mystery of why you can’t remember being a baby”

    An interesting question:  Why can’t we remember?  Or do we actually remember, but simply can’t retrieve our memories?   http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160...   Posted from Cedar City, Utah  

“Creating a convincing, cumulative case for the Book of Mormon”

    I was asked yesterday to provide three convincing proofs or evidences of the Book of Mormon.  I’m presented with pretty much the same demand every few weeks, in one form or another.   Now, I have some favorite arguments.  In fact, I’ll be presenting one of them at this week’s FairMormon conference.   [Read More...]

A thought for the Sabbath from . . . H. G. Wells?

    “If there is no God, nothing matters.  If there is a God, nothing else matters.”  (H. G. Wells, 1866-1946)   Posted from Newport Beach, California    

“Book Recommendation on Book of Mormon historicity”

    http://scripturalmormonism.blogspot.c...   Posted from Newport Beach, California    

“Mormon Church pulls missionaries out of Turkey”

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/morm...   Also:   “Church Statement on Volunteers in Turkey”   I’ve seen some mocking comments on ex-Mormon message boards — “mocking” and “indignant” are, on the whole, the only kind of comments some of them ever post — making fun of the Church’s use of the term volunteers to describe its representatives [Read More...]