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Items by Mark

One Dude's Mormon Studies

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  My Blog has Moved!!

  Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 6:20am EST by Mark

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  I am moving my blog to a new site over here!Hope to see you there,or for one dude's mormon studies, go here: http://onedudesms.wordpress.comMark
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  A Funny Comic on the issue with Blacks and the Priesthood.

  Posted: November 2nd, 2006, 2:51am EST by Mark

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  "We take the Curse of Cain and slide it over to that little trash can, and that's that!"
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  HALL0W33N

  Posted: October 31st, 2006, 8:07am EST by Mark

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  Looking for something different to do this Halloween? Try checking out the After Dark Horrorfest (see video) . Looks interesting...Also: You think Halloween has pagan roots? Guess again. Two new histories of America's second favorite holiday reveal the truth. (Read Article here).
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  Who Wrote the Bible?

  Posted: October 24th, 2006, 4:42pm EDT by Mark

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  My Brother

  Posted: October 22nd, 2006, 5:03am EDT by Mark

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  My brother is a freakin stud. We had a really cool conversation yesterday. That is my post for today.
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  To All the Blogs I've Loved Before

  Posted: October 21st, 2006, 3:27pm EDT by Mark

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  Check it out bloggers: Google Reader makes it ten times easier to read all your regular blogs! Click here to check it out... (you'll be re-directed to my other blog)
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  One Dude's Atheist Studies

  Posted: October 20th, 2006, 8:42am EDT by Mark

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  An Agnostic [1] [noun] [OW] embraces a worldview in which the existence of deity is unknown or unknowable. Derives from the Greek agnostos, a = without, gnostos = known or knowledge. "Agnostic[ism] [CE] was coined by Professor TH Huxley in 1869 to describe the mental attitude of one who regarded as futile all attempts to know the reality corresponding to our ultimate scientific, philosophic, and
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  Blogs of Apostasy?

  Posted: October 19th, 2006, 9:31am EDT by Mark

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  A conversation going on over here is pretty interesting. The people leaving comments are discussing whether you can be opinionated in the Church or if dissension is a sign of apostasy.
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  Save Mormon Stories Podcast!!

  Posted: October 16th, 2006, 2:23am EDT by Mark

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  [Click here to "Sustain" John's original post on this subject.]For only $5-$10 monthly subscription we can save Mormon Stories. John Dehlin (creator) has already compiled many great podcasts and screencasts which are invaluable tools for:reaching out to disaffected MormonsHelping others understand what the disaffected go through and help to understand and empathize their situation.Learning more
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  The Sub-Theories of Evolution

  Posted: October 12th, 2006, 6:56am EDT by Mark

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  A nice summary of Intelligent Design and the current sub-theories of Evolution. Found in the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Podcast, episode #49 (Timemark 2:40- 19:30). You can download by clicking here (you're welcome).
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  A History of Doubt

  Posted: October 10th, 2006, 4:58pm EDT by Mark

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  This is a great episode from the podcast Speaking of Faith. I highly recommend listening to it! Like the title, it talks about a/the history of doubt in religion. It highlights the lives of many of our history's great thinkers, philosophers, and doubters. This is part of my 'must-listen-to' podcast episodes found on the sidebar of my blog. Enjoy!!» Download (mp3, 53:18) » Stream (
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  DNA and the Book of Mormon

  Posted: October 10th, 2006, 10:21am EDT by Mark

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  Today I listened to a past episode of the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe. Towards the end (time marker 58:22) they discuss DNA and the Book of Mormon, its effect on the LDS Church, and the effect of Science on religion in general. I recommend checking it out. You can download the episode here. The original LA Times article that they allude to can be found here.Even more interesting is the
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  Got Doubts?

  Posted: October 9th, 2006, 12:02pm EDT by Mark

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  Here are two new Posts on religious doubts. [Posted as earlier posts as to keep chronological order as they happened. Note, my thoughts/feelings may be different now then they were at the time these were were written]Letter to my Family about my Doubts...Dealing with my Doubts
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  Why Darwin Matters

  Posted: September 28th, 2006, 5:05am EDT by Mark

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  This post has been moved Please click here to be re-directed.
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  How Will the Church React When Polygamy Becomes Legal?

  Posted: September 22nd, 2006, 8:14am EDT by Mark

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  This post has been moved. Click here to go there.
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  Child Of Polygamists Receives Fourth Sex Talk

  Posted: September 21st, 2006, 7:25am EDT by Mark

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  The Onion (a satirical news source) has kind of a funny post on polygamy this week. Check it out here.
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  An Agnostic in a Foxhole

  Posted: September 19th, 2006, 1:37am EDT by Mark

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  Today I read a heart-felt article called An Agnostic in a Foxhole: The Story Behind "Heaven in My Hand", by Bob McCue. In it, McCue describes his feelings as his young son goes into the ICU. He developed a serious infection after simply taking his wisdom teeth out. You can feel the pain he is going through as he says:I can feel my heart rate rising as a result of typing this. Our son is in
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  Dialogue with a Prophet

  Posted: September 18th, 2006, 7:15pm EDT by Mark

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  Yesterday I read a wonderful article entitled Dialogue with a Prophet, by Bob McCue.Excerpt:His voice gradually faded as I walked away toward a beckoning, peaceful meadow where members of my family were playing Frisbee while waiting for me.“Here he comes! Catch Dad!!”, one of the kids shouted, throwing a Frisbee in my direction. “That didn’t take as long as you said it might, Dad”, another said.
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  Another One Bites The Dust

  Posted: September 18th, 2006, 8:19am EDT by Mark

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  I was looking around at blogs today, especially in search of progressive LDS blogs when I came across the Mormon Left. This is a blog of another individual going through the same spiritual journey I am currently going through as I study my Mormon religion. It is kind of funny, however, that I caught the blog on it's exit- and into post-Mormondom. John says:This is going to be my last post on
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  Remains Linked to Massacre Found in Nephi

  Posted: September 18th, 2006, 4:24am EDT by Mark

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  Remains Linked to Massacre Found in Nephi, UT. Seven American-Indians were unearthed from a grave. Their bodies were found riddled with bullets, at least one at point blank. "I don't see it as revising history," Rood said. "I see it as adding another chapter."
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  My First Sunstone Experience

  Posted: August 14th, 2006, 3:32am EDT by Mark

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  This post has been moved! Click here.(Picture: Me with John Dehlin and Armand Mauss)
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  Belief-O-Matic Quiz

  Posted: August 7th, 2006, 8:19am EDT by Mark

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  Take this quiz here to see what religion suits you best based on your personal beliefs. My results were the following:1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (91%) 3. Liberal Quakers (85%) 4. Secular Humanism (73%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (68%) 6. Bah�'� Faith (65%) 7. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (61%) 8. Neo-Pagan (56%) 9.
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  Cognitive Dissonance

  Posted: July 28th, 2006, 5:11pm EDT by Mark

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  Quote:What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in
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  Brazilian Soccer and Asian Meditation

  Posted: July 1st, 2006, 1:57am EDT by Mark

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  Today was the World Cup again. Brazil has already beaten a few other countries (we watched Brazil vs Ghana in the theatre room next door with two Brazilian families with us), and today they were to play France. My wife and I watched it at a friend's apt. in Branbury with some friends. It was a VERY stressful first half. We were all shouting, rooting and pleading for Brazil to make a goal and
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  Letter to my Family about my Doubts...

  Posted: June 5th, 2006, 11:17am EDT by Mark

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  [I wrote this letter to a dear family member after they found out I had doubts about the church]Dear [****],How are you? I wanted to first of all thank you for our conversation Sunday evening and for you lending an ear to me. That was so helpful! I have said it before and I will continue saying it: I am very grateful to have a person like you in my life. I have also told [your daughter] many