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Who knew the spirit is so smart?
I caught this Daily Herald summary of General Conference and one point stood out to me: Apparently Richard G. Scott is of the opinion that the “spirit” can reveal “absolute truths.” Here’s the quote from the news report: Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles discussed…
As if the BofM word change wasn’t enough…
Now there is pretty clear evidence that the Native Americans came across in a single migration around 12,000 years ago. A recent article in PLoS found that the genetic evidence among Native Americans in South, Central, and North America indicates a single migration. Mormon apologists are going to have to…
How to deconvert ’em just enough…
DMI Dave recently wrote a piece on how to be a good anti-Mormon. His first recommendation? “be a good Christian.” I have to agree with Dave on this one since — although atheists famously can’t speak for one another — I don’t think any self-respecting atheist would choose to be…
Good fun, cheers.
I found myself on Saturday during comference explaining to a sister missionary on temple square why I was an atheist, and in order to try to convince me of the truth of theism, she told me of personal anecdotes which she couldn’t explain except as being supernatural, of course being unable to understand that her leaping to the supernatural as an “explanation” for anything unexplained is the height of illogic and unreason.
Excellent.
The distinction between nonbelief (e.g., you’re unconvinced, so you don’t believe) and saying that something cannot be true is so critical.