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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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Why I Support Discrimination
As a staunch and “devout” Latter-day Saint (Mormon), I firmly and completely support the individual right of personal and public association (and the negative right of disassociation) and of contract. Politically, it was…
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On Maintaining and Losing Our Humanity: A Latter-day Saint Manifesto
This article is posted on ldsliberty.org. —————————————————— In the Book of Mormon, the prophet Lehi counseled his son Jacob that “men are that they might have joy” (2 Ne 2:25). In other words, men exist…
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A Lesson in Reading Scripture
As I studied and took the class necessary to become a full-time Seminary instructor for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last year (a full-time religious education teaching position for high…
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The Case Against Wheat?
Wheat, the staff of life, has been used by nearly every major civilization since the dawn of time, or at least the last 9000 years. This isn’t necessarily a good indicator that something…
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Invictus: Two Latter-day Responses
Invictus (“Unconquerable” or “Invincible”), by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.…
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Dorner and his “Manifesto”
The Guardian, published Osama Bin Laden’s “Open Letter to America” that expressed bin Laden’s reason and purpose for the September 2001 attacks on the New York City Trade Center towers. No one read…
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The BSA, the LDS Church, and Homosexuality
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) may soon welcome openly homosexual youths and leaders into its organization (1)(2)(3). The news has shaken many people in the Scouting organization and also in the Latter-day…
