Category Archives: Religion
the book of isaiah
I bought a second set of new scriptures a few months ago, because I’ve been wanting to do a new markup for an entire set. This week, an idea came to me of how I could do that, two themes … Continue reading
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the sabbath
It has, for some reason, recently been a thread of thought for me wondering about the implications of some of God’s commandments, and how they would apply to a newly forming civilization in ancient days. Everything in our age is … Continue reading
the imperfect relationship
I had a really interesting thought tonight, and I thought I should write about it, despite it being something pretty personal, so here goes. I’ll actually quote almost verbatim an excerpt from my journal: I was saying a prayer tonight, … Continue reading
writing lds-scriptures docs
Yesterday, I was at home, and I sat down at the computer wanting to work on something. It was Sunday, so I felt like working on one of my church projects. I pulled up nephi.org and started poking around, then … Continue reading
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the law, morality, and fair use
Just so everyone doesn’t think I’m an anarchist scofflaw, I figured I might as well post a follow up (already) to my last post. For the record, I don’t take much interest in politics and law in general, and my … Continue reading
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to each his own
I thought of, perhaps, one way I can get my religious views across … instead of just focusing on doctrine and whot-not, just instead tell things how I tend to perceive and apply them in my life. That may work. … Continue reading
religion in general
Our church’s General Conference was this weekend (a semi-annual worldwide broadcast where the leaders have five two-hour sessions of talks, once every Easter weekend, and once in October), and as usual, it’s gotten me thinking a bit. One thing that … Continue reading
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nephi.org cleanup, lds-scriptures 3.0_rc1
Alright, well, I cleaned up as much as I think I can get to for one day, and already it’s looking much better. I updated the homepage to display the little Christmas painting by Rembrandt that I think is just … Continue reading
nephi.org: way behind
This is a public flogging since I’m so behind. I’m moving nephi.org today to another host, and I’m going through the pages making sure the links and backend are working and what not … and my goodness, I realize how … Continue reading
on gay marriage
I just happened to run against this news article on Google News today, and I thought I’d comment on it a bit. But, first, a few disclaimers — I’m going to disable comments on this post, because, for one, I … Continue reading
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