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Theist, LDS, Epistemic Pragmatist, Synergist • values intellectual curiosity • l heart climbing & golf, stand-up, indie music & old rap • 忠
The Prophets I Tolerate Skeptics argue that figures like Joseph Smith or Brigham Young cannot possibly be true prophets given their controversial teachings or dealbreakers morally speaking. Yet some of these same critics venerate biblical prophets whose recorded actions, if…
Christian Hypocraphy I’ve noticed some Christians dismiss Mormonism not bc of detailed theological arguments, but because it challenges foundational assumptions: that public revelation has ceased, that scripture is closed, and that God is immaterial and three yet one, for…
Longevity of Abrahamic Leaders • Russell M. Nelson – LDS / President – 100 (as of 2025) • Billy Graham – Evangelical / Evangelist – 99 • Patriarch Maxim – Bulgarian Orthodox / Patriarch – 98 • Gordon B. Hinckley – LDS / President – 97 • Yusuf al-Qaradawi – Sunni Islam /…
Divine Name Bearers Claiming the Bible is inerrant or speaks with one voice ultimately places inerrancy in human hands, bc the Bible was written, compiled, and interpreted by people. Even when prophets were inspired, the Bible text was filtered by human language, culture,…
I prefer heretical Christianity shaped by story and spirit over orthodoxy shaped by empire and enforcement
John 1 – Logos & Creation Traditional View: •Presupposes Nicene categories (developed post-NT). •“The Word was God” = ontological identity. •Creation = absolute, universal, ex nihilo. LDS View: •Presupposes divine plurality and eternal matter. •“The Word was divine”…
Why do companies even let you uncheck the ‘email me promotions’ box if they’re going to email you anyway. Has any company ever respected the unchecked box? ☑️
Christian Theologian on Mormon Prophets “Mormonism has also restored the kinds of authority patterns that guided the life of Israel. The Old Testament people of God were not a people of the Book as such- mainly because for most of their history, there was no completed Book.…
Mormon Restoration Timeline 1. Ancient Israel (pre 600 BCE): God was understood as embodied, relational, and immanent. He appeared to prophets, walked in gardens, and dwelled in the temple. Biblical texts reflect a divine council and a God who interacts face-to-face with…
The Lord on Closed Canon Just because I already spoke once doesn’t mean I’m done speaking. My work’s not over. I still have things to say and I’m saying them to more than one people. You say, ‘We’ve got the Bible, we don’t need more!’ Where do you think that Bible came from? The…
Christian Theologian on Mormon Cult “What is strange is not how well adjusted most Mormons are but how cynical most Americans can be about them. I have come to realize that the main reason Mormons are suspected of being cultish is that they do not manifest any trace of the…
Mormonism vs Suffering Reality Requires Opposition LDS scripture teaches that “there must needs be an opposition in all things” (2 Nephi 2:11). This is not just a moral or spiritual claim, it’s how existence itself works. •Opposition is the precondition of divine awareness…