“Vaughn J. Featherstone’s Atlanta Temple Letter”

A new article — this one by Christopher J. Blythe — has just appeared in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:

“Vaughn J. Featherstone’s Atlanta Temple Letter”

Abstract: In this essay, I examine a letter written by Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone in 1983 and deposited in the cornerstone of the Atlanta Georgia Temple. The letter is addressed to twenty-first century members of the Church and is written with the expectation that these future Saints will have been alive for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. I consider the claims made about this letter from a recent viral video entitled “7 Year Tribulation in the SEVENTH Seal TIMELINE.”

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There is considerable value in keeping up with Book of Mormon Central.  Here, for example, is their newest article:

“The Nephite System of Currency in Alma 11 and Connections to Ancient America”

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It’s a matter of needed housekeeping, I’m afraid.  So I check in on the Neville-Neville Land blog from time to time, to see what Mr. Jonathan Neville is up to:

“Neville’s Book of Mormon geography makes no sense, part 1”

“Perhaps Jonathan Neville’s biggest strawman yet”

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I want to call your attention to a remarkable 2012 article by V. H. Cassler in the important online Latter-day Saint journal SquareTwo.  I was reminded of it by Robert Boylan on his blog Scriptural Mormonism:

“Plato’s Son, Augustine’s Heir: ‘A Post-Heterosexual Mormon Theology’?”

“Lately we have seen the emergence of a “gentle dissent” among some of the membership of the LDS Church concerning Church doctrine on marriage, complete with a peaceful march on Temple Square in June. [1]Sometimes likened to the same types of gentle dissent that preceded the 1978 revelation offering priesthood ordination to worthy black males, some members believe that a similar revelation on the nature of marriage is in the offing.”

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I apologize for having provided you with no new materials over the past day or two for your Christopher Hitchens Memorial “How Religion Poisons Everything” Files.  I’ve been neglectful.  Here are a couple of items, though:

“Philippine Navy, PNP CS, Alagang Kapatid Recipients of LDSC Donations”

“Glimpses of hope sustain Latter-day Saints in COVID-19 hotspots of Navajo Nation, NYC”

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Finally, it may not seem like a big deal and, in the cosmic scheme of things, it really isn’t.  Still, I’m extremely pleased.  I’ve hoped for such a change for many years:

“Exceptions to Dress Standards Announced for Young Male Missionaries”