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An Open Letter to the ‘nacle

Remember when you were upset last fall when one poll after another revealed that a substantial number of liberals applied a religious test to Mitt Romney? I tried to explain to you that people felt threatened by our involvement in racist and sexist discrimination. We resisted racial equality for 24 years after the United States ...

Sartre’s Spirit World

10.15.2008 · Posted in Culture, Death, Duty, Ethics, Freedom, Humor, Philosophy, World

Wry Catcher’s question whether the notion of spirit world addiction reminded me of Jean Paul Sartre’s Les Jeux Sont Faits, which is particularly interesting to Mormons because Sartre’s description of the afterlife happens to coincide with commonly held notions of the spirit world. Les Jeux Sont Faits is a wonderful drama by Jean Paul Sartre ...

Liberty as Common Ground for Life and Choice

09.23.2008 · Posted in Duty, Education, Family, Freedom, Politics

At Times and Seasons, today’s discussion is about citizenship and Mormons’ obligation to vote. One of the respondents argues that Convince the Democrats to stop pandering to the radical elements in the abortion debate and I guarantee you we’d see more members voting Democrat. This has nothing to do with certain Saints being brainless – ...

A Dreary Organization

06.16.2007 · Posted in Duty, Meetings

Hellmut described the church that way in his post with the video link (loved it, btw). It struck me that for those of us who are out, it’s an apt description. People have variously described Mormon life as robotic, a treadmill, and “Stepfordlike.” Views: 553 ...