How does your church arrive at decisions? Is it a vote? Is it revelation? Is it an appeal to scripture?
For LDS folk, many doctrinal decisions are left up to the individual.
Should I drink caffeine? You figure it out for yourself.
Is birth control OK? That's between you two and the...
Where do you think the Trinity comes from? Consider the theology of the earliest Fathers:
Clement
Clement represents some seeds of trinitarian thought, but can't really be called a trinitarian. Observe an oath and a question: "As God lives, and the Lord Jesus Christ lives, and the Holy...
I'd like to start up a debate thread where we introduce and debate, one at a time, our favorite evidences for the validity of the Book of Mormon. If the Book of Mormon is a true account then the LDS church is inescapably true (it claims to be translated by the power of God. That pretty much...
I came a cross an interesting article in a religious journal recently. It was about research done concerning the burial place of Jesus. It shows that both the Garden Tomb (accepted by many Christians as Christ's tomb) and the Holy Sepulchre (accepted by Catholics as Christ's tomb) could not...
Have you guys noticed that our threads seem to get closed more than anyone else's? Is it because anti-Mormons tend to butt in and harrass everyone? What are your thoughts?
Much of archeology and anthropology depends on the accuracy of carbon dating, the method of determining age by measuring radioative emissions from carbon 14 atoms and comparing them to the equilibrium level of living organisms. The radioactivity drops of at a constant rate. A simple...
One of the key elements to the LDS faith is the belief that the primitive church that Christ established while in the flesh was lost to us only a few short decades after His resurrection and Ascension into Heaven. This is a concept often brought up in other threads but never discussed at...
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What are your feelings on the recent riots and protests, as well as the responsibility of cartoonists when handling religious issues? Over twelve people have died so far in protests.
I do an editorial cartoon for the BYU newspaper and am interested in people's opinions. There are several...
I was reading through some interesting texts yesterday and came across some fun stuff. It is often asserted that the story of the Exodus is fallacious because there is no record of it anywhere in Egyptian history. Many arguments are made for both sides, but the main theme is that, apparently...
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Much of the material presented by Dan in this thread is taken from a book entitled Lehi in the Desert. This book was written by Hugh Nibley, who is undisputably the most knowledgable LDS scholar who has ever lived. However, Dan's comments have been interspersed at random...
Thinking inside the box is a term meaning someone interprets information inside pre-determined criteria. It's incredibly prevalent, especially inside religious circles, making most debates on religious matter pointless. A small test to show you what it means:
What professional baseball...
What happened during the forty days spoken of here? This was the most important issue to the early church, and yet no one can say what happened. The Catholic church asserts that the doctrines and ordinances that make up the Church were set forth during this time, and yet they can't say what...
I really enjoy studying evidences of the veracity of the Book of Mormon. Of course it's no legitimate basis for a testimony, but once a testimony is secured it sure is fascinating. Does anyone have any interesting things they've found out about the Book of Mormon that substantiate its claim as...
The purpose of all religion is to make our lives happier. Most religions recognize that harmony must prevail between religions. We spend much time here arguing over who's right and who's wrong, but true religion is not thus expressed. What did James say was the purpose of true religion...
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Our society is so concerned with how the races interact, but the interesting fact is that race does not exist. It is an entirely new concept that has no basis except for sociological classification brought on by the slavery of the last couple of centuries and the Catholic churches search for...