Rockwaterman

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• What A Great Time To Be Alive!

  

  Previously: What This Country Needs Is A Lot More LiberalsI've been hearing lately from friends who are completely demoralized over the current political... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• What This Country Needs Is A Lot More Liberals

  

  Previously: Why The Worldwide Fast Didn't WorkThat's right. We need more liberals.Am I saying we need more Democrats? GOOD HEAVENS, NO! Those people have lost... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Why The Worldwide Fast Didn't Work

  

  I frequently hear from regular readers who have been asking why I'm often absent from this blog for long periods of time. There are two reasons, actually, one... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• I Finally Got That Coveted Slot on Radio Free Mormon

  

  Well, it finally happened. Due to the overwhelming demands of one listener, Radio Free Mormon loosened its standards Friday morning and agreed to feature me on... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Muh-Muh-Muh My Corona, Part Four: "The Only Thing That Matters Is The Science"

  

  Not long ago I was re-watching the movie Rain Man. There's a scene in the film where Tom Cruise is driving cross country with his severely autistic brother... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Muh-Muh-Muh My Corona, Part Three - "And Should We Die?"

  

  Previously: Muh-Muh-Muh My Corona, Part Two, "The Virus Is Real But The Test Is A Fraud" "That which does not kill us makes us stronger" -Fredrick Nietzsche... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Muh-Muh-Muh My Corona, Part Two -COVID-19 Is Real But The Test Is A Fraud

  

  Yesterday we discussed the importance of placing scientific research in advance of political scaremongering when dealing with a topic as important as the curren... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Muh-Muh-Muh My Corona, Part One -Science Is Your Friend

  

  Previously: Fear is a Virus We all know what we're supposed to do if we should accidentally catch on fire: "Stop, Drop, Roll." That's how you put out the fire... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Fear Is A Virus

  

  Previously: The Sins at the Top of the List After all this fear and hysteria dies down, Americans may look back and realize it was actor Tom Hanks who first... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Sins At The Top Of The List

  

  This month you're going to wonder what the heck I'm up to, because this is supposed to be a religiously-themed blog and I'm going to appear to be talking... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Joseph Smith and Polygamy: Persistence of a Myth

  

  Something tells me this photo has been doctored. I've been reluctant to address this topic because I don't like to publicly criticize people I genuinely like. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2020 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Politics And Religion

  

  Previously: Mormons Should Stop Identifying As Republicans A friend of mine recently left this comment after I posted a sassy meme on Facebook: "I love you and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2019 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Mormons Should Stop Identifying As Republicans

  

  That's what I said. Mormons should stop identifying as Republicans. Wait, come back here! I'm not finished. I was about to say Mormons should stop identifying a... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• On Hiatus

  

  I've been receiving inquiries from readers of this blog who are wondering where I went, as the last entry on this forum was way back on July 8th. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Church Ain't The Kingdom, Part Four

  

  This is the concluding entry in my series on the Kingdom of God. Please click on the following links to read the previous entries: Part One, Part Two, and Part... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Church Ain't The Kingdom, Part Three

  

  Previously (see here and here), we examined Joseph Smith's vision of a kingdom of God he hoped to see instituted on the earth in his day. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Church Ain't The Kingdom, Part Two

  

  Previously: The Church Ain't The Kingdom, Part One By March of 1844, Joseph Smith had only three months to live. He left no record indicating he knew he was... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Church Ain't The Kingdom

  

  Previously: The Most Important Mission Of The Modern Mormon Church Among the many things we Mormons have been getting wrong about our own religion is this idea... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Most Important Mission Of The Modern Mormon Church

  

  Previously: A Plea Unto Every Latter-day Saint On the shelf directly behind me is a hefty Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, which I like to browse now and... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A Plea Unto Every Latter-Day Saint

  

  Previously: Have You Voted For The New Church President Yet? I was recently contacted by a good brother who identified himself as "a faithful latter-day Saint. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2018 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY