As I’ve said, I don’t altogether trust Breitbart News — particularly since it became the quasi-official mouthpiece for the Trumpist alt.right a few years ago after the premature death of its founder, Andrew Breitbart. But that doesn’t mean that everything published by Breitbart is false. On this one, although I find it [Read More…]
“LGBT Group Threatens Johns Hopkins over Study on Homosexuality, Transgender”
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
“On Becoming a Liberal-Minded Mormon”
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
A short essay by my friend Kevin Barney. I’m guessing that we disagree on just about every currently debated partisan political issue, but it’s worthwhile reading what he has to say: On Becoming a Liberal-Minded Mormon Incidentally, for the record, although I’m both religiously and politically conservative, I consider myself “a faithful [Read More…]
“When Science Comes to Church”
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I think that this article makes some good points: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march-web-only/when-science-comes-to-church.html?start=1 One of my personal hopes is to have the Interpreter Foundation sponsor another conference on science and religion (we’ve already sponsored two), but this time with the focus on science as a religious experience. (Ideally, of course, we would have one [Read More…]
“Jeremy Runnells and Anti-Mormon Bravado”
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Mr. Jeremy Runnells believes (sincerely, I think) that I’ve led a campaign of lies against him for two or three years, smearing him and attacking him personally. And so forth. He’s told me so repeatedly in various brief but remarkably unpleasant online encounters, including an unexpected one that extended over the past several [Read More…]
“A year after failed coup in Turkey, Erdogan says ‘behead traitors'”
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I absolutely hate what’s happening in Turkey, a place that I love: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/15/europe/turkey-coup-attempt-anniversary/index.html For years, with others, I could point to Turkey as a Middle Eastern success story, a place where separation of mosque and state was firmly established (as we thought) and a place that could be integrated into the [Read More…]
Very high level dissent in the Catholic Church?
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I don’t know exactly what to make of this, but it’s intriguing: Pope Benedict’s SOS We’re in a very unusual situation, with both a reigning pope and a living “pope emeritus.” Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii [Read more…]
On travel
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” James A. Mitchener Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii [Read more…]
Mr. Jeremy Runnells’s transition to non-membership in the Church
July 17, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Mr. Jeremy Runnells, a vocal critic of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a former member. Some time ago — a year or two back, I think, or maybe longer (who knows? whenever it happened) — I commented, in passing, on his excommunication. My understanding, at the time, [Read More…]
“Faith is Not Blind”
July 16, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In January of this year, Elder Bruce Hafen and Sister Marie Hafen delivered a joint devotional address at Brigham Young University’s Hawaii campus in Laie. What they had to say is superb, and you can watch it, listen to it, and/or read the text of it here: https://devotional.byuh.edu/media170124 Their presentation [Read More…]
“Answering Letter to A CES Director #9”
July 16, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Tarik LaCour continues his project of responding, piece by piece, to an attack upon Latter-day Saint belief from a former believer that has had considerably more impact than its arguments merit: http://tarikdlacour.blogspot.com/2017/07/answering-letter-to-ces-director-9.html?spref=fb Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii [Read more…]
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