Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
A couple things on my mind today. Has anybody (in Utah) heard the referendum 1 (school vouchers) ads on the radio? I find them really irritating. It makes me wonder if there are options aside from "Yes" and "No" on the ballot. The logic ...
Posted in America, Religion, Utah | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
I find it terribly ironic when fan clubs devoted to Sam Harris pop up on Facebook. A group of followers of an atheist thinker to gather and rally against theism with evangelical zeal seems remarkably odd to me. One of the discussions in the Facebook group I linked ...
Posted in America, Learning, Religion | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
I finally got to watch the Frontline documentary The Mormons (I was too busy to watch it when it first aired two weeks ago). I was reasonably impressed with it. It seemed to attempt a fair portrayal, covering the history and culture and interviewing the rank and file ...
Posted in America, Religion, Utah | 7 Comments »
Monday, June 19th, 2006
If moral relativists have anything going for them, it is that morals considered good to one social group contradict with those good morals of others. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I don't consider myself a moral relativist, but I do think that other than a ...
Posted in America, Politics, Religion, Utah | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
...I usually get at least four.
I am trying to think if there is anything worth writing about. I am failing, I am afraid, because I all I can come up with is this report on what I have been doing:
As always, I am continuing my language work. I ...
Posted in Religion, Uselessness | 3 Comments »
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
I could feel from the start that today was going to be unpleasant. I'll not go into it. Pardon the shoddy workmanship:
I saw two (2) movies this week: The Da Vinci Code and X-Men III: The Last Stand. I can't say that either were good, but at ...
Posted in Religion | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Unforunately in modern society when dealing with things of a spiritual nature, we tend to forget that God is the constant and we are the variable. Often we argue that God should be one way or another based on a temporal ideal. This is irritating.
Further, I need to ...
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Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Judas priest, I am exhausted. I really haven't had anything to do since Monday, but nevertheless I feel like I could collapse. Maybe it has something to do with yesterday being the first day I've worked out in months. You see, I am not running due to ...
Posted in Language, Religion | 8 Comments »
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
I would be willing to wager that most of you are aware that many young LDS men leave home for two years to perform missionary service. I did not go, nor am I planning on doing so in the near future. Nevertheless, a solid forty percent of my ...
Posted in Religion, Utah | 9 Comments »