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Interview with the Witch
Transcription: [0:00] Located relatively close to downtown Bakersfield, California, at 30 H Street, is a local business inside of an old converted 1920s 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. This, however, isn’t just any…
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“Nationality”
“NATIONALITY” — Address by E.R. Snow, Feb 27, 1855, before an assembly of the “Polysophical Institution,” in L. Snow’s Hall. Printed in the Deseret News, June 25, 1856. Most courteously, this evening I’ll…
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The British Empiricists: Locke, Berkeley, and Hume
John Locke (1632-1704) From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Locke (b. 1632, d. 1704) was a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher. Locke’s monumental An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) is…
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Islam’s Influence on the Western World
I have been asked on several occasions to put together a list of resources on Islam’s influence on the Western world from articles and books that I have read. These are links to…
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Would You have Followed?
In my previous ward I was called to teach the Valiant Boys in Primary (9-12 year olds). During my short time teaching them (almost a year), we studied and discussed topics in the…
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On Honesty and Loving our Neighbor
“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest” (Mahatma Gandhi). “Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom” (Thomas Jefferson). “But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not…
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Knowledge Precedes Deliverance
I do not know how many times that I have read 1st Nephi chapter 1 in the Book of Mormon, let alone how many times I have read the first verse in that…
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Book of Mormon and Deliverance: Introduction
Throughout Christian scripture are the consistently repeated themes of redemption, liberation, and reclamation. It is of interesting note that there is no real case of God’s children achieving these things through revolution on their…
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What I Find Very Disturbing About Americans and the Connecticut Shootings
By now, everyone has heard of the atrocious and deplorable elementary school shootings that occurred in Newtown, Conn, that claimed the lives of 20 elementary school children, 6 teachers, and the shooter –…
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Liberty, Not Legislated Morality, Leads to Human Excellence
Originally published on Libertas Institute, December 4, 2012. ****************************** “The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be” (Lao-Tzu). “The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government” (Tacitus). Everyone…
