Solistics

• Lessons Learned from Mission, April 2002

  Probably the biggest lesson that mission has taught me is apathy.

• Journal Entry, 3 May 2003

  One of the first experiences I had questioning the Holy Ghost as an indicator of truth.

• Journal Entry, 13 June 2003

  Imagine you happened upon a major scientific breakthrough. How would you go about persuading the world? How would you fight to win converts to your cause?

• “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” June 2003

  Is faith simply an irrational belief in something? Or can it be rational, too?

• Does God Have An Appendix?, June 2003

  An essay on the problem of evil.

• Robots and Spies, August 2003

  Missionaries and hypocrisy.

• Religion and Morality, October 2003
  

  If there’s no God, no afterlife, no real meaning, then what’s all this nonsense about “good” and “evil”? Aren’t such terms meaningless divorced from the concept of the Almighty? How can atheists be moral?

• Spirituality as a Non-Believer, November 2003

  Do you do things that are usually considered “religious” simply because they make you feel good? Or do you think that’s “selling out our rationality for cheap religious thrills”?

• My BYU Bishop, February 2004

  The sordid story of an attempt to change wards.

• Freedom and Responsibility, May 2005

  Isn’t the church just trying to establish something like an employee-employer relationship, where you agree to follow rules that limit some freedoms, and they’ll provide greater freedom?

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• Quotes about Religion

  “The average man ... believes that the text of ancient authors is generally sound, not because he has acquainted himself with the elements of the problem, but because he would feel uncomfortable if he did not believe it”.

• The Rare Person (adapted from SLDrone, 31 July 2004)

  At some point in everyone’s life, the choice between integrity and personal comfort must be made.

• An Excerpt from “The Darwin Wars” (by Andrew Brown)

  “All religions pretend to rationality, and most of them attain it. They are constantly giving believers reasons to believe, and these reasons are constantly being rationally confirmed.”

• Words and Phrases from the Book of Mormon used in a KJV Context

  This was not written by me nor has it been verified by me. Comments welcome.

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