FAIRLDS and credibility
Our friends at FairMormon have changed their organization’s name to FAIR (Faithful Answers, Informed Response) and their website to https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/ They’ve also removed […]
Reframing Lucy Mack Smith, Cumorah, and credibility
The ongoing confusion about Church history and Book of Mormon historicity/geography is destructive to faith. We see this in surveys of Church […]
Translation and "anachronisms"
In the Wentworth letter, Joseph Smith declared that “With the records was found a curious instrument which the ancients called “Urim and […]
Narrow neck of land
Many of our ideas are encrusted with old ideas that we inherited without thinking them through. Taking a fresh look at the […]
Reaching consensus with incomplete facts?
One way to reach consensus should be to at least have everyone deal with the same facts, including all the relevant facts, […]
St. Patrick’s Day
As a descendant of Irish ancestors, and because Ireland is the promised land for the Irish, I enjoyed everything about this video. […]
opening a new system
Fascinating observation here: Here’s another of his teachings, and it explains a lot: “From the journal of Oliver B. Huntington, referring to […]
The happiest people
Great reminder for people of all ages: President Ballard promised the commenter, and all the young adults, that the Lord would see […]
A Mighty Nation – an example of bias confirmation
From time to time we like to look at examples of bias confirmation. By now, it is obvious to readers here that […]
Ten thousand
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, here are some thoughts about the term “ten thousand” as used in Mormon 6. _____ Discussion […]