Nathan Richardson There is a classic problem in religious philosophy that I want to introduce and briefly address: the problem
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A War for Chance?
Jeffrey Thayne Agency is arguably one of the most crucial doctrines of the restored gospel. Richard Williams, in his paper
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Nathan Richardson One of the most intriguing and enigmatic doctrines of the Restoration is the doctrine of intelligence. Sometimes the
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Jeffrey Thayne Science often parades itself as the search for truth, or the the search for an understanding of what
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Summary Nathan Richardson I began the introduction to this series with a quote by Gerald Lund. Whether he recognizes it
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Jeffrey Thayne Today, I would like to consider two different genres of fiction: fantasy and science fiction. The way in
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Intent and Purpose Nathan Richardson In a series of previous posts beginning with “There Are No One-ended Sticks,” I described
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Jeffrey Thayne Nathan has been writing an excellent series on two very different paradigms of human intent; he has contrasted
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Jeffrey Thayne In recent posts, I have responded to the claim that God’s embodiment limits or constrains God’s power over
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Morality Nathan Richardson In a previous post, “What Makes Me a ‘Me’?” I described two conflicting assumptions about the nature
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