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epistemology Archive
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The Won’t To Believe
I could do it. I could choose to believe. -
On Holland’s Epistemology
There is a wide chasm, however, between choosing to live a religion and claiming to have absolute knowledge that one’s... -
49: A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: What’s Real, Deconstructing John Dehlin, and My Thoughts on Religion, Part II
The first challenge is an exercise in epistemology; The second is an exercise in phenomenology. The first asks what... -
48: A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: What’s Real, Deconstructing John Dehlin, and My Thoughts on Religion, Part I
I sometimes wonder, if given the opportunity, whether my 40-year-old self could talk any sense into my 19-year-old self. ... -
47 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: A Faith like Mine
I now admit, somewhat sheepishly, that one of the reasons I voted for Obama is because of his religious beliefs. -
42 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: The Only Thing I Know
The faith that had once seemed so unshakable in my youth had dissipated. Instead of warmth and hope, I felt... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Sacred Artifacts and Rituals
I’m a faithful skeptic, a doubting believer; this is why these spiritual experiences were so unexpected. -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: An Object Lesson
I have felt those same feelings in and around mosques, synagogues, and churches of many different Christian denominations. Let’s add... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: What If?
Now I was laughing, giddy with freedom. “I don’t know if You’re there! I don’t know what any... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: The Mystery of Spiritual Experience
And it all comes down to one thing: experiencing a sense of Connection. Connection with God. Connection with... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: That Amazing Grace
It goes on and on, this tapestry we weave with the Divine that moves in and out, going from the... -
Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Letting Go
I realized that I’d always had it backwards. Spirituality didn’t come from holding the power of God inside your body... -
17 A Mormon in the Cheap Seats: True or False?
The last time this was laid out for me in a sunday school lesson I decided to diagram how it... -
Mormon Matters 45: The Mormon Practice of Bearing Testimony
As a result of Brent’s latest Mormon in the Cheap Seats posts (Build Out, Not Up and On Testimonies), Mormon...