Stuff they don’t talk about in Sunday School
November 30th, 2008 — Archeology, Book of Mormon, Canon, Christian, Early Christian History, History, Intellectualism, Mormon, Movies, Old Testament, Science, Scripture
Many critics of the Book of Mormon claim there is no archeologyical evidence. The Bible is assumed to be completely true. MSNBC has a link about a PBS show about archeaology of Bible that recently appeared on Nova.
William Dever, from the University of Arizona, is one of my favorite scholars. Let me quote from the PBS Article: Continue reading →
November 23rd, 2008 — Christian, Holiday, Mormon
Ok, apparently we’re eating the wrong stuff for Thanksgiving. According to Edward Winslow from A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, in 1621: “we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed upon our governor.” More can be discovered at the History Channel website.
I have to say, I’m not one who enjoys cranberries. What do you like/don’t you like for Thanksgiving?
November 14th, 2008 — Christian, Holiday, Mormon
Between all the Halloween decorations, and Christmas parties, it seems that Thanksgiving gets short shrift. So, I thought I’d try to help give this holiday some of it’s due.
On Tuesday, I actually drove to my 2nd job early, and had enough time to grab a bite to eat before teaching my class. As I sat down to eat, I overheard a woman in the cafeteria ask a blind man what help he needed. He needed to go to the bathroom, and she replied, “well, I’ll have to get a man to help you.”
November 8th, 2008 — History, Mormon
My friend Bored in Vernal (aka BiV) has an interesting post about a non-producing Gold Mine in Utah, and some general authorities with differing views on it, Check it our here.
November 4th, 2008 — History, Mormon, Politics, Priesthood, Priesthood Ban, Race
Ok, I am interested in politics, but don’t feel I’m an expert. I love to look at history, and this past weekend found out some interesting things about the father of our country. I was reading in the Wall Street Journal. There was an article about possible election fraud, and it talked about some election fraud history in America. I learned that George Washington actually offered alcohol for votes. The article also states that James Madison lost for not offering alcohol. Votes have been for sale in America since 1757, when George Washington bought alcohol for every voter in his district, Baumgartner says.
Now it was so interesting to me that I mentioned it to my brother in law. He immediately called the Wall Street Journal biased, and said it was just tearing down Washington’s legacy, and he did not believe it was credible. He even compared it to anti-mormon attacks, and called it revisionist history. I found this stance interesting, because I have been accused of thinking poorly of Brigham Young.
