I did not grow up in a religious home. My parents would have self-identified as Christians, but not practicing ones. We seldom went to church or talked about God, and I don’t recall ever praying with them or reading the … Continue reading
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To say that I wasn’t into blogging in 2011 would be something of an understatement. Last year, I published 18 new posts here at ClobberBlog and 2 new posts at Προστάτις—an average of 1.7 posts per month. I didn’t do … Continue reading
A while ago, an LDS friend of mine asked me a very good question: how do evangelicals determine spiritual truth? With apologies to my friend for neglecting his question for so long, I thought I would take the opportunity to … Continue reading
My daughter Harley is five years old now. She’s in kindergarten and she’s in her first year of Daisy Girl Scouts, and she loves it. There is a special award that Daisy Girl Scouts can work on, the “My Promise, … Continue reading
In my former post, I discussed the fact that there have been over a hundred organizational groups to derive their faith from the teachings of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon since 1830, with maybe a few dozen of … Continue reading
Introduction Any fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 knows that if you ever want to generate a discussion that carries on for pages and pages, just head into an MST3K forum of some kind and start a thread on why … Continue reading
Almost two months ago now (yes, I have had very little time for blogging these days), I wrote “The Rainbow Connection” with a promise to post further thoughts in response to some of the comments I received. So, let’s have … Continue reading
Once upon a time, there was a young Protestant woman who had been studying the teachings of the Mormon church. This young woman had been fervently thinking about the matter and turning over in her mind whether or not the … Continue reading
I’ve recently been involved in a long polygamy discussion over at Wheat & Tares. I’ve done little to directly discuss my feelings on polygamy here, so I figure, now’s as good a time as any to start. Like most of … Continue reading