Sometime in 1984, I think, my parents purchased a personal computer with a four color monitor–that’s right: four colors! It came with a bootable floppy-disk (back then floppy disks really were floppy!) containing a curious little game, with no instructions, called Digger.
Monthly Archives: May 2005
Monday Morning Millennial Star Question #7: Atonement Necessary for Comprehension?
If Jesus had to pass through the atonement to understand our troubles and sorrows, then either:
1) God had to pass through something similar; or
2) Jesus knows things the Father does not; or
3) the premise is false — a perfect understanding is possible without experiencing the atonement.
What say ye?
Should we ever be outraged?
I have been following the debate over at BCC on outrage. Here‘s how it started with a post on the treatment of Iraqi prisoners by Americans. The writer’s primary point is that Americans and especially Mormons should be outraged by such mistreatment. Then, Ronan followed up with a post saying that we should be concentrating on the lack of outrage in the Arab world about Muslim atrocities.
I agreed with many of the sentiments expressed in both of these posts. Except for this: I don’t think outrage is a positive, productive or uplifting emotion, and I think we should use it very, very judiciously and very rarely. And as Christians we certainly should not be encouraging it.
A New Mormon Periodical
Archipelago: a Mormon Studies E-journal will be published biannually.
For details, see the announcement by Ronan Head here.
[Update: Since the announcement does not allow comments, please feel free to discuss here]
Guest Post: The Youngest Testimonies
by Tanya Spackman
It is time for me to take upon my role as a childless person instructing parents how to raise their kids. Hopefully my subsequent lynching will be quick and painless. However, this must be done. If it helps, I generally avoid telling parents how to raise their children. Not too long ago I had to teach a Relief Society lesson with a “how to be a better parent” theme, and it was incredibly painful to prepare (happily, it turned out well with a lot class participation from, you know, parents).