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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “science”

The Blog that Ate Religion

FireTag September 18, 2010Culture, religion, science, theology 33 Comments

“The Blob” was one of those horror movies from the 1950’s that I, as a young boy, found right on the boundary of “too scary …

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Culturereligionscience and religiontheology

Duality and Divinity

FireTag September 3, 2010community of christ, eternity, Holy Ghost, LDS, Mormon, ordinances, plan of salvation, religion, science, theology 23 Comments

In both theology and religion, there is a concept called “dualism”, which — to avoid confusion later — I’ll note now has nothing much to …

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dualismdualitymonismMormonstheology

Book of Mormon Geophysics

FireTag August 28, 2010apologetics, book of mormon, geography, historicity, Mormon, mormon, science 21 Comments

When most people use their rational faculties to test their testimonies about their religious scriptures, they tend to concentrate on things like history, archeology, or …

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apologeticsbook of mormonvolcanism

Religious Archaeology and Evidence

Mormon Heretic August 10, 2010apologetics, Bible, book of mormon, christianity, Early Christianity, faith, historicity, Mormon, science 68 Comments

I’d like to discuss both Biblical and Book of Mormon archaeology.  Most people believe the Bible is on solid archaeological footing, but that isn’t actually …

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Pyramids-R-US

FireTag July 31, 2010apostasy, book of mormon, community of christ, Culture, education, general, Government, history, LDS, Leaders, Money, Mormon, Mormons, news, politics, repentance, righteousness, science, thought 47 Comments

Last week I spent a supper hour (it took that long) reading an article called “America’s Ruling Class – And the Perils of Revolution” by …

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book of mormonCultureGovernmenthistorymormonmormon culturepoliticspride cycletolerance

Free Will vs. Determinism…FIGHT!

jmb275 July 7, 2010doctrine, science, thought 43 Comments

One of the most basic and fundamental premises of Mormonism is the idea of free will. While we take this for granted in Mormonism, in …

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determinismdoctrinefree willLDSmormon

Does God Squash ETs: How Human is Human?

FireTag May 29, 2010children, community of christ, creation, doctrine, eternity, families, God, LDS, Mormon, plan of salvation, science, spiritual progression, theology 68 Comments

Distinctly Mormon doctrines relating the physical appearance of humanity to God’s own “preferred” form grew gradually in early Restoration history rather than springing forth in …

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cosmologydoctrineEternal FamilyfamilyGodLDSmormontheology

Questions About the Exodus

Mormon Heretic May 16, 2010apologetics, Bible, historicity, Jews, Mormon, science 6 Comments

For more than 1700 years, Christians have been looking for Mount Sinai, the place where Moses received the 10 Commandments.  Constantine’s mother, Helena was probably …

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Book of Mormon on the Baja

Mormon Heretic May 2, 2010book of mormon, geography, historicity, history, Mormon, science 49 Comments

When I think  of the Baja California Peninsula, I think of the Baja 1000 off-road race where people take lots of vehicles and cross the …

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Wired World Views: Preserving the Other’s Truth

FireTag February 23, 2010diversity, general, Government, liberal, Mormon, politics, science 14 Comments

In a February 2, 2008, cover story in New Scientist, Jim Giles asked whether political leanings were genetic:

“Across the land, liberals and conservatives are slugging it out, trying to convince each other that their way of thinking is right. They may be wasting their breath.”

CultureGovernmentMoralitypolitics

Peruvian Setting for the Book of Mormon

Mormon Heretic December 3, 2009book of mormon, geography, historicity, Mormon, science 24 Comments

It’s been some time since we talked about alternative Book of Mormon geography theories.  For those new to the site, you may want to see …

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Similarities between Lehi and the Lemba

Mormon Heretic November 4, 2009blacks, book of mormon, geography, lamanites, Mormon, race, science 11 Comments

The History Channel has a show called “Digging for the Truth.” In season 1, they did an episode called “The Lost Tribe of Israel”, which …

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Ardi and the Rise of Mormon Symbology

Bored in Vernal October 6, 2009science, symbols 39 Comments

With the advance of science and the study of more and more artifacts such as Ardipithecus ramidus, believing Mormons are faced with a challenge which …

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