Why I blog
Sometimes people ask me why I blog instead of submitting articles to the academic journals. The short answer is timing. About two […]
Mormons Open New Century of their Faith at Cumorah
On September 22, 1923, President Heber J. Grant celebrated the first 100 years since Joseph Smith’s first vision by assembling atop “Mount […]
Why some people reject Letter VII
Since I published my commentary on Letter VII (Letter VII: Oliver Cowdery’s Message to the World about the Hill Cumorah, here), there […]
When the Church purchased Cumorah
Letter VII featured prominently when the Church purchased the Hill Cumorah. Here’s an example from the Deseret News. When Elder Roberts wrote […]
"Divers ways"
This is the first post of the new year, and I want to clarify a very important point that sometimes gets lost […]
The Illusion of Knowledge
Yesterday Scott Adams (Dilbert) posted an awesome comment about how both sides of the climate science debates look 100% convincing to the […]
some ideas are so absurd that only intellectuals believe them
The title of this post has been attributed to George Orwell, but I don’t know if he really said/wrote it. He did […]
Two Cumorahs on display at Temple Square
Today I used a new image in a presentation I did and thought my readers would like to see it. There seems […]
December 23
December 23 Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805. This was the day after the winter solstice that year; i.e., Joseph […]
December 23
Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805. This was the day after the winter solstice that year; i.e., Joseph was born […]