Archive Index - Sic et Non

November 06, 2018

Iran 1: Arriving in Tehran

Many years ago, back during the relatively moderate Iranian presidency of Seyyed Mohammad...

November 06, 2018

This Saturday: “The Temple on Mount Zion”

Please share this with anybody who might be interested: Saturday, November...

November 05, 2018

Muslim homogeneity and other tales

Here are five more passages that I've extracted from John L. Esposito and...

November 05, 2018

I hope that those who agree with me will vote in Tuesday’s elections. Those who disagree with me should cast their ballots next week.

As I think I've made very clear over the past three years or...

November 05, 2018

For me, the horizon was a bit too close.

I grew up fairly near to Pasadena's California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and...

November 05, 2018

“Raising William Huntington from the Dead”

In a very recent blog entry here (“Finally, I returned to my body”),...

November 04, 2018

Can reason survive naturalism?

Yawn. More notes from another incomplete manuscript. I wrote this up several years...

November 04, 2018

Islam and the supposed evils of theism

People in the West who strongly oppose and condemn Islam don't do so...

November 04, 2018

A basic reading list

Every once in a while, I feel moved to post this item, which...

November 03, 2018

“I simply don’t think those colors and lights exist on earth”

Four passages reporting a multi-colored "sky" in heaven, from John Burke, Imagine Heaven: Near-Death...

November 03, 2018

“Light Is Scattered among All of God’s Children”

Don't forget! The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard live via broadcast in...

November 03, 2018

Does Darwinism entail naturalism?

From another of my manuscripts come these notes, in a fairly raw state:...

November 03, 2018

A note on misogyny in the Islamic world

Is Islam, as such oppressive to women? The situation is more complex than...

November 02, 2018

“It’s the pinnacle of everything there is.”

I share with you here some additional passages that I recently marked while...

November 02, 2018

“Do not forsake me nor the truth”

Please note this new aid for personal and family scripture study that is...

November 02, 2018

Humility and Science

These unpublished notes are focused on science. But they shouldn’t be taken as...

November 02, 2018

“Why Did Northern Israel Fall to the Assyrians?”

New, in the pages of Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture: "Why...

November 01, 2018

“The source of all light and power”

I share here quotations from an account of an experience reported by Ian...

November 01, 2018

On education and Muslim women

In the Christian Science Monitor: "The conservative Christian college where Muslims feel welcome:...

November 01, 2018

“The Ancient Temples of Egypt”

Some of you may be interested in a lecture to be presented in...

November 01, 2018

Today, this weekend, and nearly two centuries ago

Here are some notes from a rough and only partially finished manuscript: ...

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