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

Sophia of the Proverbs and the Feminine Divine

Bored in Vernal August 14, 2010 feminism, God, LDS lessons, Mormon 16 Comments

OT SS Lesson #31 Feminist readers of the scriptures are well aware of the passages in Proverbs 8 which personify Wisdom (GK Sophia, HEB Hokhmah). …

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Spiritual Guidance: A GC Talk Review

Hawkgrrrl July 20, 2010 Mormon 30 Comments

I wanted to try a new feature – going through some of the previous GC talks to discuss some of the ideas put forth.  I …

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Absolute Truth, Inclusivism, Lumen Gentium, and Emeth

guest June 7, 2010 christianity, God, Mormon, religion 28 Comments

Guest post by Thomas In C.S. Lewis’ final Narnia book The Last Battle, there is a powerful scene of an encounter between the Christ-symbolizing lion Aslan …

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Does God Squash ETs: How Human is Human?

FireTag May 29, 2010 children, 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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Binding the Broken-Hearted

Bored in Vernal May 23, 2010 Bible, christ, faith, God, Jesus, love, Mormon, scripture 13 Comments

Nothing is more painful than a broken heart. When this kind of sorrow gets deep into a person’s soul, all troubles are magnified, blessings are …

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Mormonism and Catholicism: Who Can Mock This Church?

Hawkgrrrl May 4, 2010 Mormon 17 Comments

There was a great article in the New York Times this week:  Who Can Mock This Church?  While it was about Catholicism reeling in the …

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Joseph Fielding McConkie and the Lens of Literalism

Aaron R. aka Rico March 30, 2010 metaphor, Mormon, scripture, theology, thought 50 Comments

In a recently published book ‘Between the Lines: Unlocking Scripture with Timeless Principles’ (2009), Joseph Fielding McConkie tries to deal with the issue of discerning …

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A Marital Confession

Aaron R. aka Rico March 16, 2010 accountability, children, Culture, feminism, Mormon, Priesthood, repentance, women 27 Comments

A recent visit at FMH and John Dehlin’s Mormon Stories interview with fmhLisa (Butterworth) has made me realise something about myself that I am not …

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Church as a Social Network

Hawkgrrrl March 1, 2010 Mormon 32 Comments

There are those among the disaffected who would like to reap the benefits of the church as a community although they may no longer share the …

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Is God Still Progressing? (Poll Included)

Hawkgrrrl February 23, 2010 Mormon 32 Comments

Last month, one of the RS/PH lessons was about the nature of God.  Since the lesson was only about a page and a half long, …

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On Being an Apostle but not in the Quorum

Aaron R. aka Rico January 11, 2010 apostles, Mormon, Priesthood, scripture, theology 47 Comments

‘In 1866, at the age of only twenty-seven, Joseph F. Smith was ordained an Apostle by President Brigham Young, and served briefly as one of …

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Richard Dawkins, God and Santa Claus: Belief as a Form of Abuse

Aaron R. aka Rico January 3, 2010 abuse, doctrine, doubt, God, Mormon 124 Comments

Between Christmas and New Year I had the opportunity to meet with some friends and at one point during the evening we began discussing the …

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Gregory House and Emmanuel Levinas: Finding Meaning in Suffering: Part 2

Aaron R. aka Rico December 21, 2009 christ, doctrine, faith, Jesus, LDS, Mormon, spirituality, theology, thought 48 Comments

A few weeks ago I wrote a post on suffering.  Resulting from a thoughtful critique of that post, by Andrew S, and a recommendation (in …

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‘Christmas’ or ‘Winter Festival’: I’m not sure I care!

Aaron R. aka Rico December 14, 2009 christ, christianity, church, Discrimination, diversity, doctrine, Mormon, testimony, theology 22 Comments

This must be the the third year that I have heard people bemoan government plans to change the name of Christmas to ‘Winter Festival’ or some …

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10 LDS Things I’m Thankful for

Hawkgrrrl November 25, 2009 Mormon 32 Comments

Thanksgiving is, IMO, the perfect holiday:  good food, a day off work, and no presents to worry about.  In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I wanted …

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De-centralising the Spirit: Between Charisma and Bureaucracy

Aaron R. aka Rico October 26, 2009 church, Culture, faith, LDS, mormon, religion 36 Comments

In a lecture entitled ‘A Historian’s Perspective on Joseph Smith’, Richard Bushman shows an interesting trend in religious cultures that surrounded Joseph Smith.  This trend centers …

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Egon Friedell and the Christian ‘Bad Conscience’

Aaron R. aka Rico October 18, 2009 apostasy, books, Charity, christ, Culture, Discrimination, diversity, meekness, meetings, Mormon, religion 28 Comments

This photograph was taken by Sebastiao Salgado at a gold mine in Brazil.  I first saw it in a room at the University I attend.  As …

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Approaching Isaiah 58: Fasting as a Spiritual Practice

Aaron R. aka Rico October 12, 2009 Charity, christ, doctrine, Jesus, mercy, Mormon, spiritual progression, spirituality 13 Comments

Sometime ago Jana Reiss wrote a column for Sunstone entitled ‘Mormonism as Praxis’[1] in which the writers attempted to explore what Mormonism means in terms …

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The Genius of Mormonism: Israel is Back, Baby! (POLL incl.)

Hawkgrrrl July 13, 2009 Mormon 40 Comments

One of the attractive components to Mormon theology was the notion that Mormons were a chosen people, and both figuratively and literally part of the …

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Groupthink

Hawkgrrrl June 30, 2009 Mormon 34 Comments

“Groupthink” is what naturally happens when a group becomes sedentary and sluggish.  When change is introduced or new people are introduced, they challenge the “groupthink.” …

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Spirituality, Rationality, Mentality, Duality

jmb275 June 21, 2009 Mormon 10 Comments

Today’s guest post is by jmb275. In my first guest post, I talked about intellectualism and faith. A few of the commenters pointed out that …

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Looking Forward to the Good Life

guest June 18, 2009 Mormon 15 Comments

I’ve spent some time over the years thinking about questions that remain in regards to the logistics of the afterlife.

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Intellectualism and Faith: A Would-Be Marriage!

jmb275 May 29, 2009 Mormon 70 Comments

It is easy to think yourself out of a testimony.  It’s as simple as saying “well I can’t prove God exists, or doesn’t exist, therefore …

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Evidences and Reconciliations 8/11/08

John Nilsson August 11, 2008 church, faith, God, Mormon, prophets, religion, sacrament, sacrament meeting, scripture, theology 10 Comments

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat …

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Evidences and Reconciliations 06/23/08

John Nilsson June 23, 2008 death, faith, God, history 43 Comments

So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: …

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Our Foundation Stories Part II: The Meaning of the First Vision

John Nilsson June 4, 2008 christ, christianity, church, faith, history, Jesus, joseph, LDS, mormon, Mormon, new order mormon, orthodox, prophets, religion, restoration, scripture, smith, testimony, theology 27 Comments

Now that we’ve discussed the nature of the First Vision, what did it mean? There are many meanings, the most vital being those which each …

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Liberal Mormonism II: Why I am a Liberal Mormon

John Nilsson March 31, 2008 Mormon 40 Comments

I was raised in a household of faith. My parents are believers who encouraged discussion of religion in their home. I’ve asked around and found …

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