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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Birth Control & Abortion: A Mormons’ Perspective
Birth Control is a very interesting topic among those who call themselves religious. Many within our own faith even miss the boat a bit on this one. Our religion has a very strong focus on the family and we believe … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Religion
Tagged A Mormon's Perspective, Abortion, Birth Control, family, Family Planning, True Love
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Apostolic Visitation
Would any of my fellow students care to come? Would this high-profile speaker been addressing an empty room? Or, would the room be full but only of members of the church who somehow found out about the event (despite our attempts at secrecy) and filled up the room before any non-LDS people could get in? Continue reading
Proxy Baptisms
Jewish Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel recently called for Mitt Romney to tell the Mormon Church to stop proxy baptisms of Jews. Members of his own family were listed in the Church’s genealogical database. Family members of journalist Daniel Pearl have … Continue reading
Black or white, Bond or free
The Washington Post wrote an article about a BYU professor that made comments about race, words that seemed to justify past discrimination against ordaining African Americans and Africans into priesthood offices. The professor provided several reasons for the ban, saying … Continue reading
Source of Peace
Over the last several years we have witnessed a staggering number of natural disasters. Disasters including volcanic eruptions in Iceland, Tsunamis in Japan, Indonesia and Thailand, earthquakes in Turkey, New Zealand, and Haiti, deadly tornadoes in the central United States, … Continue reading
