I’m not an expert on ontology or epistemology, I hardly even know what the words actually mean. But I’ll put on my philosophical hat and articulate what little understanding I have (from a layman’s point of view) in this brief speculation about…
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We give a large amount of respect and admiration to apostles and other church leaders. It is a critical part of our church function to do so. But I think we should carefully re-evaluate what sustaining them actually means and…
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I’ve been a member of the church for 19 years, growing up in the church, serving a mission, marrying in the temple and believing sincerely and passionately in the truth of the Gospel for all of that time. I have…
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Recently I had an interview with out stake president to discuss my spiritual journey. I really love our stake president and have always respected him since about six years ago he was my institute teacher for some time and we…
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Being wrong is one of the most critical facets of our progression towards more truth. The more we are wrong, and we are sure we are wrong, then the more we should rejoice because we are getting closer to the…
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When I was younger I once played a fun puzzle type role-playing game called Abe’s Exoddus. In this game there is a scene that thankfully some random guy put on YouTube so we can all see: In this scene the “innocent guy”…
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Imagine if you met a scientist one day who said to you: “Hi! My name is Jack, and I own gravity!” You’d probably just snigger and walk away. Rightly so, for although science prides itself on trying to discover the…
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NOMA stands for “Non-overlapping magisteria”. It is the belief that there are categories of truth that have completely different and incompatible methodologies for research and identification of truthful elements within them. In his talk Testimony, Dallin H. Oaks mentions the following:…
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I’m deeply touched by Harry Potter. This book series has profoundly affected my life and I have gathered many deep lessons from it. Near the end of the final novel, Harry Potter is trying to kill his arch-nemesis Voldemort. Voldemort has…
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If there’s one thing religion has gotten right it’s that over thousands of years it’s that it has “hacked” human nature quite effectively. Something that can “tug at your very heartstrings” sounds like a very effective hack to me. Whether…
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