In late June 2022, Mormanity officially moved to Arise From the Dust at AriseFromtheDust.com . If you are a subscriber here, I hope you will subscribe at the new site and link there as well. ...
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I've been wondering how to abandon the name "Mormanity" for a while. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I understand how important it is to reflect the proper...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/06/mormanity-is-moving-to.html
The New Mosque (Yeni Cami) in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, on the Golden Horn at the southern end of the Galata Bridge. Thoughts on Freedom in Two Grand Cities: Shanghai and Istanbul ...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/05/preparing-for-inflation-and-yearning.html
During the Communist era in Bulgaria, the annual May Day parade was a major spectacle that drew huge crowds to the streets of Sofia. The crowds would come to 9th September Square and see their Co...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/05/lessons-from-bulgaria-dangers-of.html
An archaeologist and professor at BYU, Dr. Jeffrey R. Chadwick, published an article in that provides a great example of how the Book of Mormon can help us better understand the Bible: "Dating ...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/04/what-day-was-christ-crucified-dr.html
The Book of Mormon's frequent "plagiarism" of passages from the Bible is one of the most common criticisms raised against it's authenticity and antiquity. It's actually not very much like the way...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/04/what-to-make-of-plagiarism-of-bible-in.html
In a November 2021 post, "Recent Discoveries and Advances Published by Interpreter, Part 1 ," I discussed a recent publication by Neal Rappleye, "An Ishmael Buried Near Nahom ," in Interpreter: A...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/04/about-that-burial-marker-in-yemen-for.html
A view from Xi'an, China, the beginning of the Silk Road China has been in my prayers daily for a long time. It's a land I love and respect with marvelous people, strong family values, ...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/04/prayers-for-china.html
The cover of the Hebrew edition of Meir Bar-Ilan's The Words of Gad the Seer An old Jewish manuscript said to contain writings of Gad the Seer, one of the "lost books" mentioned in the Bible...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-words-of-gad-seer-thoughts-on-lost.html
An ancient Hebraic text dating to the 13th to 14th century BC has been discovered by sifting through the detritus of an archaeological dig at Mount Ebal in Israel. The text, apparently "the oldes...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/03/news-from-mount-ebal-ancient-hebraic.html
My wife and I are friends with one of Africa's richest women, at least by her accounting. We were honored to have her over for dinner at our home recently, and to our surprise she reciprocated by...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/03/dinner-with-one-of-africas-richest-women.html
Fond Memories from Before the Blast Back before a massive nuclear logic bomb wiped out Latter-day Saint apologetics a few days ago, the story behind the map below once counted as some kind of ...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/03/o-captain-my-captain-walt-whitmans.html
The Folly of Trust: A Medical Perspective Some of my more painful experiences in life have come from trusting people in authority, ranging from the promises of a business to the assurances of a...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/03/preparing-for-war-folly-of-trust.html
In 2008, James Gee published the results of his extensive search for the rare European maps of Arabia that included names that seem related to Nahom, the place where Ishmael was buried as describ...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/02/an-update-on-maps-of-arabian-peninsula.html
Thanks to certain contacts across Asia and the Middle East, I've heard off the record that a well-funded group of hackers working for the Taliban--now flush with resources after our generous exit...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/01/taliban-hackers-hijack-salt-lake.html
"Woman Reading in a Boat" by Arthur Becher, ca. 1910. I just awoke from a dream, or series of dreamlike images, in which I stood on my familiar shore at a dock. There at the side of th...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/01/do-i-dare-join-woman-in-boat.html
One of our nation's leading bodies of scientific influence, the Center for Disease Control, is citing their recent scientific study -- as are their media allies like the New York Times -- to enc...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/01/science-as-faith-do-we-need-another.html
An expert on senior care, Professor Thomas Kitwood, once quipped that "when you've met one person patient with dementia, you've met ... one person with dementia." The point, of course, is that e...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2022/01/many-questions-about-dementia-and-just.html
From The Chosen, "The Messengers" I began my Christmas Day by watching the "Messengers" episode of The Chosen in which the baby Jesus is born. It was touching to contemplate the physical real...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2021/12/may-we-follow-science-and-stand-for-life.html
If you aren't following the journal Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , you may have missed some discoveries and advances in understanding our scriptures that could...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2021/11/recent-discoveries-and-advances.html
If you grew up in a nation with a formal caste system, would you let society dictate how you treated others, especially the shunned and shamed untouchables? Would you deplore them based on what o...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2021/11/lets-have-some-compassion-for-our.html
I received a call this week from a father with two children facing intimidation and bullying from the universities they are attending. As is common these days, those who have concerns about the C...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2021/10/institutional-bullying-and-question-of.html
Romans 10:2 speaks of those who "have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge." Psalm 19:2 in the NET (New English Translation) tells us that "It is dangerous to have zeal without knowled...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2021/09/zeal-without-data-blaming-church-for.html
Victory Boyd The mainstream media has largely ignored a chilling story about disrespecting the religious beliefs of a black woman, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Victory Boyd. Aft...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2021/09/medical-tyranny-when-your-government.html
Here is a beautiful view from Google Earth of a leading candidate for the Book of Mormon site Bountiful, Khor Kharfot , the fertile inlet at the end of a long wadi (valley or ravine where water c...
https://mormanity.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-google-earth-view-of-candidate-for.html