tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post4682679431036229718..comments2023-08-02T02:44:07.417-07:00Comments on Some Mormon Stuff: Why I blogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408107024181430641noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-54525234807132852822010-01-10T12:46:42.670-08:002010-01-10T12:46:42.670-08:00Hi Troy, I like reading your blog that I recently ...Hi Troy, I like reading your blog that I recently discovered. I have blogged on some of the same subjects over at FAIR. Did you get the email I sent?Kellerhttp://www.fairblog.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-40528361955939019052010-01-10T08:50:04.871-08:002010-01-10T08:50:04.871-08:00See also Elder M. Russell Ballard, "Sharing t...See also Elder M. Russell Ballard, "<a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=72443645a2cba110VgnVCM100000176f620a____" rel="nofollow">Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet</a>."<br /><br />See <a href="http://www.youtube.com/LDSPublicAffairs" rel="nofollow">here</a> for ways you can share your testimony of the gospel with others using the Internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-7505236653342216612010-01-07T10:10:58.133-08:002010-01-07T10:10:58.133-08:00To quote LDS Scholar James Faulconer
It is a matt...To quote LDS Scholar James Faulconer<br /><br />It is a matter of curiosity to many and an annoyance to some that it is sometimes difficult to get definitive answers from members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to what seem like straightforward questions – questions of the form “Why do you believe or do x?” Latter-day Saints subscribe to a few basic doctrines, most of which they share with other Christians (such as that Jesus is divine) and some of which differentiate them, such as the teaching that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. They also accept general moral teachings, the kinds of things believed by both the religious and the non-religious. Apart from those, seldom can one say without preface or explanation what Latter-day Saints believe.<br /><br />...<br /><br />1. Religion is essentially a matter of practice rather than belief; for Latter-day Saints, the essential practices are LDS ordinances.<br />2. Theology cannot capture the practices of religion (because practices per se cannot be captured philosophically).<br />3. So, theology is either irrelevant, merely comforting, or useful in apologetics, but by focusing on belief rather than practice, it poses a danger to religion.<br /><br /><a href="http://jamesfaulconer.byu.edu/" rel="nofollow">James E. Faulconer</a>, "<a href="http://www.smpt.org/element.html" rel="nofollow">Why a Mormon Won’t Drink Coffee but Might Have a Coke: The Atheological Character of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints1</a>," Element Vol. 2 Issue 2, Fall 2006. (Subscription Required)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5120238813914793869.post-60343414737288125892010-01-04T15:28:13.899-08:002010-01-04T15:28:13.899-08:00I find your blog very interesting and I enjoy your...I find your blog very interesting and I enjoy your fervent approach to the gospel.Catherine Smarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06018130529223540099noreply@blogger.com