Month: August 2017
Ancient Temples, Shrines, and Altars Outside of Jerusalem
An old argument against the Book of Mormon is that no self-respecting Hebrew would even think of building a temple outside of Jerusalem as Nephi did in the New World….
The Human Cost of Drawing People Away from Faith
Anti-Mormon zeal brings a high human cost, in my opinion. Sometimes I see people who seem to value attacking Mormonism more than actually helping the people they are supposedly trying…
Elder Holland on LDS Apologetics
Recent weeks have been interesting for the unofficial, highly heterogeneous and sometimes contradictory cluster of so-called “LDS apologists.” I fall into that motley group. In fact, I was doing LDS…
Thinking About Marriage: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Elder D. Todd Christofferson’s 2015 General Conference talk, “Why Marriage, Why Family,” recently came up in a dinner conversation as an intriguing example of helping LDS people to think more…
Science and Mormonism: An Insight from LDS.org and an Update on the So-Called 1910 “First Presidency Statement”
Science and religion are two independent witnesses of God’s Creation, according to a beautiful video interview of LDS scientist Dr. John Lewis, formerly of the University of Arizona and MIT,…
FairMormon 2017 Conference, Day Two
Day two of the FairMormon 2017 Conference offered another series of outstanding speakers with messages covering a broad spectrum of topics. (See also my summary of day one.) Ben Spackman…
The FairMormon 2017 Conference, Day One
Today was my first time attending the FairMormon Conference. The 2017 event is being held Aug. 3 and 4 at the Utah Valley Convention Center at 220 West Center Street…
