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Latter-day Saint Philosopher

Discipleship, scholarship, and faith

Author: Jeffrey Thayne

October 31, 2012 Uncategorized

Thoughts on a TED-Ed presentation

Recently, I watched this TED-Ed presentation by Trevor Maber. It’s a fascinating talk about how we make assumptions about the

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October 26, 2012 Uncategorized

Jesus Christ, Our Redeemer

For thousands of years, it had been prophesied amongst the Israelites that God Himself would one day personally visit the

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September 18, 2011 Uncategorized

Deism vs. Theism

I recently read an article by Dr. Brent Slife, Tiffani Stevenson, and Dennis Wendt that discusses the difference between deism,

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September 18, 2011 Uncategorized

"The Covenant Is Not All Fulfilled"

Some time ago, I posted my witness that the Savior Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Messiah promised

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September 18, 2011 Uncategorized

The Inadequacy of Mechanistic Causation

Jeffrey Thayne Even if you can invent a purely mechanistic account of why you raise your hand to ask a

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May 30, 2011 Uncategorized

Yellow Brick Road Syndrome

Jeffrey Thayne Is the path of the gospel a flower-strewn, smoothly-paved, uninterrupted straight-shot to constant happiness? I would like to

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February 2, 2011 Uncategorized

Becoming New Creatures

Jeffrey Thayne Christ continually invites us to abandon old habits, attitudes, and thoughts and replaces them with newer and better

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December 1, 2010 Uncategorized

The Eye of Faith

Jeffrey Thayne If faith is like an eye (Alma 32:40), then it’s a way of seeing, not a way of

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October 22, 2010 Uncategorized

To Suffer for the Sake of the Other

Jeffrey Thayne If we were surrounded by loved ones, that would mean no more suffering, right? In this post, I

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November 26, 2009 Uncategorized

The Philosophy of Gratitude

Today, we would simply like to post a video published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and

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