Posted in Worldview on May 20th, 2007 6 Comments »
I just read a very disturbing news story. Apparently, a 19-year-old father in Galveston, Texas, put his infant daughter in a microwave for 10-20 seconds. He told the police that he did it because he was stressed. His wife – the infant’s mother – didn’t blame the husband at all. “He […]
Posted in Mormon Humor, Worldview, Language Blunders, Mormon-speak, Hoaxes on May 18th, 2007 5 Comments »
My mom sent me this sound-byte by email. From all the “from and to” email addresses I could see it had changed hands a few times. Anyone else heard this? Is it for real, or a hoax?
Posted in Worldview, Alien abduction narratives on May 18th, 2007 12 Comments »
What do Mormons think about UFOs? Alien abductions? Life on other planets? Quakers on the Moon?
I have heard many different thoughts over the years from members of the church. I have had many different thoughts of my own. I have even had a few encounters that I thought may have been UFO-related, […]
Posted in Worldview, Missionary Folklore, Mormon-speak, Lost Tribes on May 17th, 2007 20 Comments »
Glenn has invited me to be a guest poster on his blog, so I thought I’d start by posting on a topic I did some research on a number of years ago: the use of etymological/source language arguments to prove Gospel points. I have four examples:
Perhaps the most common example of this topic I’ve heard […]
Posted in Worldview on May 17th, 2007 14 Comments »
I had a dream one night when I was in the MTC. I dreamt that I was walking by a baseball stadium, and it was night and no one was around. I turned to walk down a long alleyway and all of a sudden I realized that Satan and his angels had lined […]
Posted in Mormon Humor, Worldview on May 16th, 2007 8 Comments »
I had a seminary teacher my last two years in high school who really took me under his wing and made me feel special. He was a really good guy who took a personal interest in his students and was able to see past my hot-shot cockiness to recognize the sincere desire I had […]
Posted in Worldview on May 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
I’d like to share something I learned while studying folkloristics and see if anyone finds it as interesting (and eventually challenging) as I did.
While the number three is not the only important number in western culture, Folklorist Alan Dundes argued that it is the most important number. In the traditional western worldview, […]
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