How confident are we that our universe wasn’t created? How confident are we that time began at the Big Bang?
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Month: April 2021
Pick your fairy-tale
Columnist David Quinn today commented on Twitter: Pick your ‘fairy-tale: God created everything, or nothing made everything. https://twitter.com/DavQuinn/status/1387015353323114497?s=20 David makes a good point that whatever your explanation is for all that exists, it must appeal to something that others consider a fairy-tale. While the list above may initially seem to exhaust all options, one reply […]
Types of harm
When we say that an action “does harm” or “is wrong”, what do we mean? Subject Causes harm to self Causes harm to others Causes harm to the environment Causes harm to the culture/process Direct Causes physical harm Causes emotional harm Causes spiritual harm Causes sexual harm Causes psychological harm Indirect Dehumanises the human Removes […]
Lectures on Faith
The Lectures on Faith is a series of seven lectures published in 1835 as part of the Doctrine and Covenants and remained until 1921. Bruce R. McConkie said of the Lectures on Faith: “In my judgment, it is the most comprehensive, inspired utterance that now exists in the English language—that exists in one place defining, […]
24 Valid Syllogisms
Why not? Barbara AAA – All women are daughters of God. All relief society presidents are women. Therefore all relief society presidents are daughters of God. Barbari AAI – All women are daughters of God. All relief society presidents are women. Therefore some relief society presidents are daughters of God. Darii AII – All relief […]