Monthly Archives: October 2006

Pious Pumpkins

Posted on October 30, 2006 by TT

This time of year always gets me thinking about how I can express what I feel about the gospel on a pumpkin. I mean, what better way to show your testimony that through the medium of a pumpkin? I can’t … Continue reading →

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Comments Contest! Real Prizes!!

Posted on October 29, 2006 by TT

Dear Readers,We have been having a good number of visitors to our site since our humble beginnings. We are grateful that people have continued to come and hopefully enjoy our musings. However, our comment/vistor ratio seems rather small. Our view … Continue reading →

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On Being Disturbed

Posted on October 29, 2006 by TT

The Gospel of Thomas preserves a version of Jesus’s familiar saying about searching and finding, but with a twist: “Jesus said, ‘Let one who seeks not stop seeking until one finds. When one finds, one will be disturbed. When one … Continue reading →

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“The Fingers of One Hand”

Posted on October 28, 2006 by davidj

Recenly, I read a comment that the realm of “Outer Darkness” does not really qualify as “Hell” because there will be “so few” who inherit it, probably about 6 or 7 people in total. Not only does this border on … Continue reading →

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Mormonism is a Humanism

Posted on October 27, 2006 by TT

Readers may recognize that this title riffs off of Jean-Paul Sartre’s influential essay “Existentialism is a Humanism.” Though the German existentialists might have rejected this association, Sartre’s desire to locate Existentialism within the humanist tradition shows the powerful impact that … Continue reading →

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Is Every Nation the Gathering Place for its Own People?

Posted on October 25, 2006 by smallaxe

The concept of gathering is a central feature of Mormonism. We often talk of the physical gathering of the early saints—a literal move together to establish a Zion-like society. And we talk of the shift, in later Mormon history, where … Continue reading →

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Mormonism’s Greek Inheritance: Pre-existence

Posted on October 23, 2006 by TT

DMI Dave, one of my favorite bloggers, has recently added a post about how early Christianity wasn’t influenced much by Greek religion. I like Dave, but I disagree with nearly every characterization of Greek religion here, especially the comparison to … Continue reading →

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Do We Really Have a Fullness of Truth? : Dealing with Difference Part III

Posted on October 21, 2006 by smallaxe

If you know any Latter-day Saint that has an understanding of religions other than Mormonism (or more often ‘Christianity’ broadly conceived), one of the first questions they are usually asked by other members of the Church, are what “parallels” there … Continue reading →

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Survey-driven Revelation?

Posted on October 21, 2006 by davidj

I’ve struggled for a little while about asking those of you in the bloggernacle who read FPR about this topic for some time, but I resolved that I really, really want your opinion on it. I know what my file … Continue reading →

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The Wisdom of Hannah

Posted on October 19, 2006 by mogget

So… I wrote this for a ward RS board meeting, just after finishing my third semester of Hebrew. And I was sooooo proud of what I could do! Now, it looks naive and sentimental to me. On one level I … Continue reading →

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