For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26 Why do so many multinational corporations seem so eager and willing to do business with the Chinese Communist Party ruling China? Is it […]
Much has been written about the difficult racial history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Only in June of 1978, in an Official Declaration, did the Church declare that “all worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.” This difficult racial history […]
Can God’s messengers err? If someone claiming to be God’s messenger is to err, or falls into transgression, does that mean that the individual was not actually God’s messenger? Although, not directly on point, but indicative of what is to follow, first consider the words of Jesus himself when he was offered the praises of […]
Matthew Chapter 23, King James Bible Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens […]
Friedrich Nietzsche’s “The Madman” Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: “I seek God! I seek God!”—As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got […]
“Prologue: A Season in Hell,” Arthur Rimbaud Once, if my memory serves me well, my life was a banquet where every heart revealed itself, where every wine flowed. One evening I took Beauty in my arms – and I thought her bitter – and I insulted her. I steeled myself against justice. I fled, O […]
How did we get to where we are with Covid-19? Like many people throughout the world my professional and family life has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty by Covid-19, the virus that has rapidly infected peoples all over the globe in the last 3-4 months. I don’t believe that anyone has a clear understanding […]
Been wondering for a while whether the death statistics for Covid-19 where people who died of Covid-19 or with Covid-19. I think the distinction is extremely important, especially in light of the fact those who have died are primarily elderly and/or those with serious medical conditions. This article helps to answer the question, although like […]
“Since, however, prayers are not the smallest [but on the contrary a very great] part of sacrifices, especially give completion to them, and through these the whole operation of them is corroborated and effected; and since, besides this, they afford a common utility to religion, and produce an indissoluble and sacred communion with the Gods, […]
Section IV, Chapter XXIII “The various mode…..of sanctity in sacred operations partly purifies and partly perfects some one of the things that are in us or about us. and some things, indeed, it restores to symmetry and order; but others it liberates from mortal-formed error. But it renders all things familiar and friendly to all […]