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April 21, 2016
“Donald Trump Comes Out in Favor of Men in Women’s Restrooms”
So the headline, as advertised, reads “Donald Trump Comes Out in Favor of Men in Women’s Restrooms.” And he really did say something along those lines. (If you can make much sense of this or most of the Leader’s other policy pronouncements, to the extent that the Leader has actually made any such [Read More...]
“Caffeine: The Silent Killer of Success”
An interesting piece on the Forbes site by Dr. Travis Bradberry: http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbra...
“How should Muslim parents and teachers talk to children about Donald Trump?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/a... Of course, somebody might respond that we shouldn’t care about the sensitivities of Muslim children or the fears of minorities. For any Mormons who might be inclined to that response, I offer the following, from the Wikipedia article regarding the 30 October 1838 Haun’s Mill massacre, in which, thanks to the [Read More...]
Honoring a historic breakthrough in the study of Internet Anti-Mormonism
Many years ago, when we had far less data than we have now, a pioneering student of apostasy in the Internet Age formulated what has come to be called, in his honor, Novak’s Rule. It runs essentially as follows: When you become an apostate, expect your IQ to drop by about eighty [Read More...]
“Professor David Holland, Associate Professor of North American Religious History”
An interesting profile of a professor at Harvard Divinity School whose father may be familiar to a few of you: http://humansofhds.tumblr.com/post/13... Thanks to Cassandra Hedelius for calling this article to my attention.
April 20, 2016
Announcing a new little (occasional) project regarding Islam here on this blog
On Sunday last, I participated with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser in a fireside at the Phoenix East Stake center. On the Friday before, I spoke to a group at the LDS Institute in Tempe (on the campus of Arizona State University) about Islam, and then, after lunch, a fairly large number of us [Read More...]
“Vikings may have first taken to seas to find women, slaves”
It’s always inspiring to learn more about my family history: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/0...
“I am convinced Jeremy Runnells is the anti-Mormon equivalent of a science-denier like Ken Ham”
An interesting perspective — on reddit, of all places! — from Joseph Smidt: https://www.reddit.com/r/lds/comments... Thanks to Robert Boylan for alerting me to it. Before (as will inevitably happen) I’m accused of piling on Mr. Runnells, I’ll simply point out that he’s been receiving unusual attention since his excommunication on Sunday [Read More...]
A thought on science and morality, by a scientist
“You are right in speaking of the moral foundations of science, but you cannot turn around and speak of the scientific foundations of morality.” Albert Einstein
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