History
History of Baptism/Mikvah
The history of baptism is quite interesting, and much more complex than most people know. Baptism seems to be related to the ancient Jewish rite called “mikvah”, which was/is used for conversion to Judaism, ritual cleansing (Law of Moses type things, childbirth, women’s menstruation, and other things.) If you go to this link at Wikipedia, […]
Does Tablet Predict Christ’s Death and Resurrection?
I came across an article in the NY Times about a tablet dating from before the time of Christ, that “may speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.” This would be a major shift in understanding of Jewish thought at the time of Jesus. The discovery is being called […]
How Should We Define Scripture?
I posted previously on the topics of Gnosticism, Marcionism, and Montanism in my previous three posts. While discussing Marcionism, there was a debate about the apostasy. The topic got sidetracked into a discussion of the definition of scripture, so I thought I’d post a new topic regarding that topic. Falcon makes the case that Joseph […]
How does Marcionism relate to the Apostasy?
As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been listening to the Covenant Theological Seminary class called “Ancient and Medieval Church History.” Class 5 deals with Heresy and Orthodoxy, and they discuss 3 of the largest early heresies: Gnosticism, Marcionsim, and Montanism. I’d like to discuss Marcionism a bit. Marcion lived 110 – 160 AD […]
Interesting Day at Church
I want to give a shout-out to my friend April. She has a blog called Normal Mormons. April is a relatively recent convert living in Idaho, and I have enjoyed hearing her observations about mormons, our sometimes strange culturalisms, and her efforts to become more Christ-like. I comment on her blog occasionally, and have often […]
NY Geography – Part 5
Ok, I’m ready to lay this to rest. It doesn’t seem to generate much interest, so here is my final post about my review of http://www.bookofmormongeography.info I thought I’d post the more egregious errors here, instead of going section by section as I had originally intended to do. I just checked the site, and got […]
Indiana Jones and Book of Mormon Archaeology
I need a change of pace, so I thought I’d do a little pop culture for a post. My wife and I went to see the new Indy movie the Friday morning after it came out. I’m a big Indy fan. I liked the movie, but it wasn’t as good as #1 or #3, but […]
“Amazing” NY Geography – Part 4
Here is Part 4 of a review of http://www.bookofmormongeography.info “Amazing” is a new section, which didn’t exist a few months ago when I began researching this theory. The author tries to make the Book of Mormon match NY geography, instead of first coming up with an internal model, and seeing if NY fits. He makes […]
Significance of Cohen Haplotype
I’m certainly no DNA expert. But here’s some thoughts anyway. First of all, finding any sort of Hebrew DNA anywhere in the Americas certainly gives critics of the Book of Mormon pause, as it directly refutes some of their arguments. But how important is this discovery? Let’s talk about the name Cohen first. As I […]
Wilfred Griggs, Egyptologist
I attended a fireside Sunday night with Wilfred Griggs, Assoc Professor from BYU. His specialty is Egyptology. While I had never heard of him before, the flyer listed the following information: (1) Director of the Seila Pyramid Excavation, (2) Produced a National Geographic Channel Egypt Special, (3) author of numerous books on Egypt, (4) Currently […]
Mormon Heretic 