Link to a talk by Bart Ehrman on the topic of contradictions in the New Testament gospels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AymnA526j9U&t=3076s
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There are increasing numbers of articles appearing today that point out how bad cremation is for the environment. For those who don't want traditional burial, there are today three alternatives to cremation that do not harm the environment. They are increasingly readily available. They are: Aquamation Natural (Green) Burial Natural Organic Reduction I look for these to eventually comp
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For a gospel purporting to give an account of Jesus as a child, read The Infancy Gospel of Thomas.
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Done & Done Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > thedesertrat1 gave his opinion regarding an > afterlife. Probably a gut feeling or the > cognizance that so far he has encountered no solid > reason to believe there is one. I don't see that > he owes anyone to list steps of determination. Done & Done, I was just asking questions. Nowhe
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Near Death Experiences are only one of a number of possible indications of an afterlife discussed in these essays, and yet I have the impression that posts in the forum ofen gravitate to discussing NDEs when afterlife evidence is being considered. From what I've read of the essays so far, not all of the writers consider NDEs particularly good evidence of an afterlife, but of course some do.
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thedesertrat1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So far as I can determine there is no,not,none, no > way no how life after death. When you are here you > are here > When you are gone you are gone > So live every day as if it were your last Questions for thedesertrat1: 1. What steps did you take that led you to the determination that there
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Of the four gospels in the New Testament, the story of the birth of Jesus is found in Matthew and Luke, but not in the other two gospels. And the two accounts are different. For example, the story of the wise men in found only in Matthew and the story of the shepherds is found only in Luke. There are other differences between the two accounts. Here is a link to a talk about contradictions in the
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What follows is a link to a page giving access to 29 essays that were winners in a contest sponsored by the Bigelow Institute -- essays giving the authors' views on the most persuasive evidence that suggests that human consciousness can continue in some form after the death of the human body and brain. The authors of these 29 winning essays are mostly PhDs and MDs. Not all of their perspectives a
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Cold-Dodger, You might find this article of interest. It is titled "Physicalism and the Soul:" https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/physicalism-and-soul
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Cold-Dodger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If we can show that the human brain is the engine > of human perception, then wouldn’t that show > that all these anecdotes are just anecdotes. The > engine of perception didn’t go anywhere when a > person has a near death experience: it’s right > there in the skull of the person we prematu
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Cold-Dodger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But there’s nothing after death that anyone knows, > and we have lots of reason to think there’s > nothing. This has been a thought in my head since > my appendectomy at the age of 13, 14. The gas > knocked me out at there was not even the memory of > the passage of time. Just a time skip.
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I found this article interesting. Here is the link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/09/27/rise-liberal-latter-day-saints/
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Razortooth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Out of curiosity, where do ghosts get their > clothes? https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/why-do-ghosts-wear-clothes
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I remember in the late 1970s visiting with a Mormon family I was friends with who lived in a suburb of Salt Lake City. The husband in the family remarked that he thought Salt Lake City was wonderful until "all those gentiles (non-Mormons) started moving in." Of course, since then many, many more non-Mormons have settled in Salt Lake City itself.
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summer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From a web search, the most well known > denomination that prohibits vaccines is the Church > of Christ, Scientist (estimated membership in the > U.S. is under 50,000.) https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/what-did-eddy-say-about-vaccination/
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My favorites are: Piano concertos Operas But I enjoy most other music as well.
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The Constitution was hanging, and God sent a Roman Catholic instead of a Mormon. I guess it doesn't matter, as long as someone from one of the two "one true" churches shows up!
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I know a fervent Mormon man in my area who is a huge Trump supporter and who has said that he will never accept that Biden is a legitimate President. After reading the statement referenced in the opening post of this thread, he posted "Very disturbing." on a Facebook thread about it. I feel like saying to him that it appears that he is putting his loyalty to Trump above the Prophet a
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slskipper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Note to OP: the statements in the Book of > Revelation have nothing to do with any current > events. There are mainstream scholars of the Book of Revelation who have concluded that it was written, not to predict events that were to occur two thousand years later, but rather to encourage Christians living at
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Devoted Exmo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It never rang true to me or seemed even remotely > plausible. These are also my feelings. The first pair of Mormon missionaries I met when I was in College and at that time all I knew about Mormons is that they are a religious group who in the past had migrated to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake and used t
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Readers of this thread may find the following book of interest: Lost Christianitites by Bart D. Ehrman Here is description of the book from Amazon.com: The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant dei
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Bart D. Ehrman is a scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity who has been mentioned from time to time in discussions on this forum. He teaches at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His most recent book is titled *Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife.* I haven't yet read it but he has a number of lectures and interviews on the topic on youtube. Here is a link to a ver
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Mormonism has been one of my hobbies for years and I used to take pride in what I felt was my accurate knowledge of what Mormonism teaches and what Mormons believe and practice. Sometimes friends who knew of my "hobby" would ask questions such as, for example, what Mormons believe about African Americans. But I've found that within my lifetime the Mormon Church has changed so much that
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For those in this thread who feel inclined toward cremation for one reason or another, the following video might be of interest. Years ago I was in the funeral home featured in this video and met one of the persons mentioned in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBZ918FPGA
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Revelation 11 King James Version (KJV) 11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3 And I will
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Mormonism is one of my hobbies.
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An article you might find interesting, Cold-Dodger: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/phenomena-relating-danger-death-bereavement
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An article of possible interest to some participating in this thread: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/postmortem-survival
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There are a few book-length treatments of the Mark Hofmann affair and I recently finished reading one of them, titled *A Gathering of Saints* by Robert Lindsey. Apparently Mark Hofmann had become a closet atheist by the time he left on his Mission but put on an outward appearance of a devout, Temple-worthy Mormon through the time he was producing his forgeries. Hofmann killed two people (St
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Does anyone know how the tradition of depicting Jesus with long hair got started? Does it go back to something in the early years of Christianity?
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