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“Science Meets Religion”

      .   Those interested in, curious about, or concerned by the relationship between religious faith — and, specifically, Latter-day Saint religious faith — and science will find plenty of useful material at this site, created by David H. Bailey:   http://www.sciencemeetsreligion.org   (Shown above, the Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula.)    

A glimpse beyond

    “I’m not asking you to believe anything. I’m simply telling you what I believe. And I have no idea what the next life will be like. Whatever I saw was only from the doorway, so to speak. But it was enough to convince me totally of two things from that moment on: One, [Read More...]

“Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances?”

    Cassandra Hedelius, Mike Parker, Dan Peterson, and Bruce Webster gather for conversation about Alma 5-7.  This is the 166th scripture roundtable posted by the Interpreter Foundation.  It corresponds to 2016 Gospel Doctrine lesson 22: Scripture Roundtable 166: Book of Mormon Gospel Doctrine Lesson 22, Have Ye Received His Image in Your Countenances?   [Read More...]

Does Qur’an 9:11 prophesy that “the wrath of the eagle” will cleanse the lands of the Arabs?

    No!   No, it doesn’t!   No!   Snopes does a workmanlike job on this utterly bogus claim:   http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/qu...   I’ve been confronted with this alleged prophecy more times than I can count.  There is no merit in it.  None.  Zero.  Zilch.  Zippo.  Nada.  The word eagle (or, more precisely, its Arabic [Read More...]

BOM Alma 18

    Today’s reading, Alma 18, continues the dramatic story of Ammon among the Lamanites.   I will concentrate on one small passage:    24 And Ammon began to speak unto him with boldness, and said unto him: Believest thou that there is a God?  25 And he answered, and said unto him: I do not know what [Read More...]

“Video of girl receiving doll with matching prosthetic goes viral”

    As I’ve fallen deeper and deeper into doddering geezerhood, I’ve found myself becoming appallingly sentimental.   If you haven’t yet seen this video — nearly twenty-five million people have — you might find yourself tearing up a bit, as I did:   http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/06...      

An interesting perspective on Mr. Trump’s recent donation to veterans

    Don’t react to this author’s take on the issue, please, until you’ve actually read the article.  Closing your eyes, plugging your ears, and chanting “Trump 2016!” isn’t a cogent response.    

“The Straight and Narrow Path, the Rod, the Spacious Field, and the White Fruit: Further Thoughts on Lehi’s Dream”

    The invaluable Jeff Lindsay continues his examination of certain attempts to explain Lehi’s dream away as a product of merely modern and entirely this-worldly “inspiration”:   http://mormanity.blogspot.com/2016/05...    

“Gluten-Free Water? A Fad Without a Grain of Sense”

    Some people need to eat gluten-free.  But only a few.  For the rest, gluten-free diets seem to be a hysteria without reason:   http://www.wsj.com/articles/gluten-fr...    

“Donald Trump Could Threaten U.S. Rule of Law, Scholars Say”

    Many have pointed to Mr. Donald Trump’s recently offered list of conservative/libertarian judges — he said that he would probably consider people like these (or, ominously, “others”) when nominating someone to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court — as evidence that he would be much better in the White House than Hillary [Read More...]