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  1. sageowl

    CES Letter

    Has everyone else already seen this: http://cesletter.com/Letter-to-a-CES-Director.pdf Thoughts???!
  2. sageowl

    The Noah Story: How literally do you take it?

    Hi LDS-ers, Growing up in the church, I was taught that the Noah tale in the bible was simple face value truth, and as far as I could tell, I was surrounded by people who genuinely believed it to be so. As an adult with a non-professional but active interest history and science, I have to say...
  3. sageowl

    Noah: myth or fact?

    Does the Christian world take this story as literal truth? The world wide flood, just about 4000 years ago, 2 of every single species on a boat etc etc? I must say it seems very implausible. Am I missing something? Are there theories floating around (ha ha) to make this story seem more likely?
  4. sageowl

    Conversation with an EX Westboro Baptist

    This podcast, which is a fascinating interview with the granddaughter of the founder of the infamous Westboro Baptist church, is an hour and 15 minutes long, but well worth the time. She tells what it was like growing up indoctrinated with these type of highly fringe beliefs, how she broke free...
  5. sageowl

    Samson

    I grew up with my parents and Sunday school teachers telling me all the classic OT bible stories. I could ask this about any number of these tales, but Samson is on my mind today. Samson. Superstrong man. These days, this story sounds like just another Tall Tale, a folk story, along the lines...
  6. sageowl

    Cain story in Miracle of Forgiveness

    I think this story has much more the vibe of a ghost story or a schizophrenic episode than anything to be taken seriously. But Spencer Kimball took it seriously enough to include in his book Miracle of Forgiveness. (see below). Informal survey: Mormons, do you think this story is: 1- True 2-...
  7. sageowl

    Could 'gods' evolve?

    It seems probable that human beings are not the only (or oldest, or smartest) form of life in the universe. How powerful and intelligent does a non-human society need to be before we have to start thinking of them as god-like? This line of thought obviously isn't enough to justify all the...
  8. sageowl

    Sex and Ethics

    Hi all, I'm new here, so be nice! (for a week or so, then gloves off) I am going to assume that most people of any theist or atheist persuasion can agree that there is such a thing as right and wrong. I don't see that God or (not God) is necessary for us all to agree that certain behaviors are...
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