Science
"The scientist is like an explorer climbing a mountain: giddy from the heights and thin atmosphere, he feels a premature elation and thinks that he can reach out and grab …
Diversity, Tolerance and Love
Sexual reproduction is death as opposed to parthenogenesis where an exact copy of DNA is handed down. In sex, half of the genetic material is thrown away, and the …
Measuring Zion with Babylon
Do we determine if we are in Zion by the measurements of Babylon? "And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into bondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, and …
Immeasurable Heavens
A Dream, a Prophet, a Garage
I dreamt I was listening to a prophet who came locally to speak, in my parents garage at our old small house. A few others were there besides me. He read the in the Bible …
Humpty Dumpty and Primordial Unity
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again. Humpty Dumpty is an egg …
God is Up to Something
"The world of the angelic hierarchy was an evolutionary stream of light in a steady-state, but the creation of Adam from matter disturbs that primordial steady-state; it …
Lost Aesthetic Integrity
"When movements begin to attract a large following, they have a way of losing aesthetic integrity. They develop from ripe to soft to rotten." -William Irwin Thompson This …
Guns N Roses Reunion
Went to a GnR concert with my brother and his wife in Orlando Friday, July 29th. It was his fantastic idea. I had considered buying ticket in a closer state. Stayed with …
I Will Command Otherwise
I owe this gem to a friend LE. One small phrase in the Book of Mormon has been used to say that the book justifies the practice polygamy. As it stands in the printer's …
Polygamy
God created man (mankind) in his own image, male and female. Male and female is the image of God. These males and females divided "two and two" in the land, not "one on …
שם (shem) and אֱלֹהִים (elohiym)
Name (Strong's #8034): "In our modern western culture a name is nothing more than an identifier, really no different than being assigned a number. The Hebrew word for a …
Failure is Not Trying
A fear to fail is as crippling as any other kind of fear. Failure gives us as much or more information than only succeeding. Failure should be redefined as not trying. …
People Who Seem Nice All the Time
"Those who are described as 'agreeable, conscientious personalities' are more likely to follow orders and deliver electric shocks that they believe can harm innocent …
Blessed
My son has been reading and searching the scriptures for the past few days. He has read and sought for the welfare of people close to him. Tonight I spoke with him in the …
Wherever it is You Want to Go
From a friend: "I think that the scriptures (e.g. Ezekiel 14, 20, Jacob 4:14) point to a startling and disquieting concept: the Lord will lead you exactly one …
What Burden?
Jeremiah 23 My thoughts on the last few verses: It is a burden (and a joy) to search out the Lord, to distinguish for oneself the submerged of truth and error, light and …
Christ Honors the Father
The phrase "you need need not respect the messenger but you must respect the message" seems scripturally to apply to Christ as well because it says those who speak a word …
A Righteous Judgment
"And he shall rise the third day from the dead; and behold, he standeth to judge the world; and behold, all these things are done that a righteous judgment might come …
My LDS Journey—How to Avoid Deception
This is a video someone shared with me a while back. I thought it was a good view into the similarities between Jehovah's witnesses and the LDS church.
It Only Admits One
While the conference center podium is in height, lower than many of the seats, it is yet "high and lifted up" and though, there are many which use that podium, it still …
Eternal Life
If man is his own tormentor, and If love is what fixes, What person would not eventually end their suffering and accept love? Is the promise of eventual eternal life not …
Christ Conquered Sin and Death
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." (1 Cor 15:6) In the religious world sin is expected to be conquered during life. It is accomplished by the virtue of …
Charity as Revelation
The last promise of D&C 93:1-2 is that those souls who would rise up would "know that I am; And that I am the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the …
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