I have come to believe that the virtue of discipline greatly exceeds the virtue of “natural” intelligence, or what most call “smartness”. I know this from personal experience and am also convinced by the discoveries and statements of certain authorities.
To begin, the great Brigham Young said, “It is evident that many who understand the truth […]
“Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves … politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves… The country is theirs, because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view we want to take away from them their country.”
– Israeli Prime Minister (circa 1950’s) David […]
The question of common sense is always “What is it good for?” - a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage. ~James Russell Lowell
There has been much discussion in the Bloggernacle lately of intellectualism and liberalism and whether or not it leads to a form of minor apostasy […]
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As everyone knows, Christmas day falls on Sunday this year. I have recently learned that my ward is only having sacrament meeting on Christmas day. I don’t know if this is a Church-wide “policy”, or whether it is just a decision made by the local leadership. I find this a little disturbing. Of […]
Our friend and co-blogger Ryan recently raised some questions concerning the veracity of two points of doctrine allegedly taught by Elder Bruce R. McConkie in his book Mormon Doctrine. Both doctrines were ascribed to Elder McConkie by a gospel doctrine teacher in Southern California - who apparently takes the liberty of referring to Mormon […]
I recently got into a bit of a debate over at BCC about the morality of hunting (I belive it to be highly immoral). In the discussion I used several scriptures and quotes from the prophets to support my position. The response to my “evidence” was that I was using the quotes in the wrong […]
I will be returning to the blog on Saturday afternoon (after my last final this semester - but it doesn’t appear that anyone has been actively blogging anyway). I just wanted to post something briefly about Bushman’s biography on Joseph. I’m only half way through because I’ve been busy with school, but what I have […]
