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Archive for November, 2006

Invisible Children Order

Posted by Connor on November 17th, 2006

Forgive the short and personal post, but I want to get the word out to as many people as possible..
I’ve announced on my blog that I’ll be sending in a bulk order to the Invisible Children.
You can peruse their site to learn more about them. This is an awesome cause, and a story […]

One Part Gospel, One Part Cougar

Posted by Connor on November 17th, 2006

Ladies and Gents, Bloggers and Commenters, BYU fans and… the rest of you:
I’m pleased to announce a new addition to our expanding group blog: David, from Gospel Cougar.
David is a BYU grad with a BA in Political Science, a JD, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.. Nerd alert!
Married with four kids and a […]

The Real-istic Joseph Smith Please Stand UP

Posted by jettboy on November 15th, 2006

Not too long ago Richard Dutcher planned on making a movie about Joseph Smith Jr. with rumors of Val Kilmer as the lead. It didn’t take long for those rumors to be unfounded. There was news that he rejected the part for other movie roles. It seems that Bro. Dutcher has also gone a different […]

It’s been swell but the swelling’s gone down

Posted by Ryan on November 14th, 2006

So I will be leaving blogging to pursue writing a book on a concept that a friend of mine and I dreamed up several years ago called “Just Care Less” (or JCL). Before I leave the ‘nacle (Thanksgiving being my final day) I wanted to get some input from anyone who would like to […]

Doctrinal Personal Revelation

Posted by Eric Nielson on November 13th, 2006

What should one do if they receive some clear, specific, and unique doctrinal personal revelation? This has never happened for me, and I am not really expecting anyone to share anything along those lines, but what would you do?
I feel that I have received personal revelation, but I would not describe it as being doctrinally […]

Orwellian Doublethink

Posted by Connor on November 12th, 2006

Those of you who read my blog are most likely aware that I recently finished the books 1984 and Animal Farm, both written by George Orwell.
One of the principles in 1984 that I found most interesting was ‘doublethink’.
The wikipedia page defines doublethink as “the act of holding two contradictory beliefs simultaneously, fervently believing both, and […]

The Batcave

Posted by Ryan on November 9th, 2006

I remember keenly, when I was young, going to Magic Mountain (roller-coaster theme park) and standing in line waiting to go on the newly opened Batman ride. The opening was much anticipated and we were absolutely giddy as we stood in line waiting to take the wild ride. The line for this ride is a […]

Declaration of Independence

Posted by Tyler on November 8th, 2006

A few years ago, I read two books worth of Boondocks as part of a research project with my humanities professor. For the uninitiated, Boondocks is a comic strip about two African American boys from the hood who are forced to live with their Grandfather in a predominantly Caucasian (and generally WASPy) suburb. Aaron […]

How Does God Have Foreknowledge?

Posted by Eric Nielson on November 6th, 2006

There have been many posts regarding the supposed contradiction between the absolute foreknowledge of God, and true free will. We have even discussed that here once. But this is not my purpose in this post. I think we can all agree that God has at the very least an amazing amount of foreknowledge about the […]

The Roles We Play

Posted by jettboy on November 3rd, 2006


There are many roles available for people to pick and choose to define themselves and others. Sometimes there is more than one role we are actively playing at a time. There are even circumstances when one role is in direct contradiction to others. It can often become confusing.
Despite all of the various ways […]