Category: witness
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Almost Midnight on Saturday
I’m thinking back on the week I’ve had (not too bad) and the month I’ve had (decidedly bad). I’m still blessed. Last night it snowed and this afternoon someone took a snowblower to all the sidewalks on the block and most of my driveway. I had to shovel the ice that the plows pushed into…
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Ballroom
In the space between my dreamsMy room began to glow It was a fine glowing mistAs if I was under a street lightOn a dark nightBut the mist had a glow of its ownAnd seemed to be the only source of lightI stood up I was still in my plaid flannel pajamas And bare feetInstead…
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Back to my Old Habits
Toady I have had sugar, coffee, and… dun dun dun THC. That makes me a sinner in the LDS Church. But I wonder sometimes if it doesn’t make me a better Mormon. Scriptures have always hit differently when I’m high. They say that if you read the whole Bible it’ll make you an atheist. But…
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The Law is Dead
The idea that we are not saved by the law is a pretty typically Christian one. The Law of Moses is dead. The extension of that is that we are alive in Christ. But I don’t think that only in Christ can we be alive. I think that a Jew who follows the spirit of…
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What’s Left Undone?
I am thinking about sins of omission at the moment. There is a world of things I could be doing that I am not. Instead of blogging I could be working to end hunger and homelessness in my city. I could be studying to learn how to cure cancer or building something that will make…
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Them Golden Plates
So obviously the stories of the Book of Mormon coming from golden plates are intended to be taken literally. Joseph Smith Jr believed he had physical golden plates even if the stories about the actual translation of the Book of Mormon don’t seem to use them. I reconciled to Smith dictating it with his head…
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What is Propaganda?
Stephanie and I have been arguing about what constitutes propaganda. She studied it in her Master’s Degree program but came to the conclusion that virtually all media is propaganda. I find that a very unsatisfying conclusion. If almost everything is propaganda then almost nothing is. It reminds me of climate science. People spend decades studying…
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Arguing for Free Speech
There are some pretty repulsive things that I still think people should be able to say. Holocaust denial seems stupid but how are we going to correct that stupidity if it is not out in the open. White supremacy (or black separatism) is racist and wrong, but would rather have it spoken openly than festering…
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