Monthly Archives: June 2008
1835: Yale professors believe there are blue unicorns on the moon!
Also intelligent (if primitive) bipedal beavers and “man-bats”. No, really. Here’s a great write-up of the “Great Moon Hoax” perpetrated by the New York Sun back in 1835. In short, the Sun published a story that claimed that Sir John … Continue reading
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A brief observation
In my wanderings through the bloggernacle over the past year or so, I’ve noticed two general trends of commentary (criticism, really) regarding LDS sacrament meetings: Our meetings lack the reverence, formality and solemnity of, say, Catholic mass or most Anglican/Episcopalian … Continue reading
Posted in Belief systems, LDS Society, Main
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The best mission preparation I ever recevied
I joined the Church in 1967, at age 14, thanks to being introduced by my then-best-friend, Andrew Bos. No one else in my family joined, but they were all supportive of my Church membership and activities. After graduating from high … Continue reading
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My son is going to war
The post is over on another one of my blogs; I won’t repeat it here. ..bruce..
Mormon-Alien-Masonic conspiracy!
No, this is not the next posting on LDS exobiology. Through my usual morning blog-browsing, I ran across this site that characterizes the three major groups of aliens that have contact with Earth, then goes on to note that the … Continue reading
Posted in Belief systems, Humor, Main
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A Father’s Day post for my wife
I have had the honor — and burden — of writing and delivering not just my own father’s eulogy, but the eulogy for my father-in-law as well. These were two fine men who, while not perfect, did their best to … Continue reading
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Latter-day Saint exobiology (pt. 1)
Indeed, many observers assert that aliens would be bad for believers. Jill Tarter, director of the Center for SETI Research, once wrote that finding intelligent other-worldly life “will be inconsistent with the existence of God or at least organized religions.” … Continue reading
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Book of Mormon origins (cont.)
For those who did not read my previous posting (“New light on Book of Mormon origins!“) closely enough, let me state plainly: it was a satire. It was, however, satire with a point, and (IMHO) a very sharp one at … Continue reading
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New light on Book of Mormon origins!
[UPDATED 06/10/08: I fear that a lot of people coming in here are missing the point that, while all the parallels below are quite real, the post itself is satirical; I do not really believe that Joseph Smith relied upon … Continue reading
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Post-Rapture “friends and family” notification service
No, really. Courtesy of Dave Barry (yes, that Dave Barry) comes this link to a website that promises — for a fee — to send e-mails and do electronic delivery of documents to a list of people once the Rapture … Continue reading