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Memoirs of a Michael: February 2014
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Monday, February 24, 2014. On Faith: or Why I Still Believe in Spite (or because) of Receiving a Liberal Education. What is the importance of obedience? What does it mean to “obey with exactness? 8221; In spite of questions, I remained unquestioningly obedient and faithful to the calling I had received. I was thus in a difficult position. I still believed in my religion, but I found the church unpalatable in many ways. A song lyric captured my sen...From ...
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Memoirs of a Michael: On Faith: or Why I Still Believe in Spite (or because) of Receiving a Liberal Education.
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Monday, February 24, 2014. On Faith: or Why I Still Believe in Spite (or because) of Receiving a Liberal Education. What is the importance of obedience? What does it mean to “obey with exactness? 8221; In spite of questions, I remained unquestioningly obedient and faithful to the calling I had received. I was thus in a difficult position. I still believed in my religion, but I found the church unpalatable in many ways. A song lyric captured my sen...On Fa...
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Memoirs of a Michael: Gothen
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Sunday, September 29, 2013. Good music is instrumental in making one happy, and there is much of such music in the world. Truly excellent music, however, is much rarer, and has a much more profound effect. Indeed, the only possible way to describe it is rebirth. To hear such excellent music is to hear music for the very first time. I don't know how, but a one-minute preview. In the coming weeks I followed the campaign like an anxious teenager follows a cr...
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Memoirs of a Michael: September 2013
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Sunday, September 29, 2013. Good music is instrumental in making one happy, and there is much of such music in the world. Truly excellent music, however, is much rarer, and has a much more profound effect. Indeed, the only possible way to describe it is rebirth. To hear such excellent music is to hear music for the very first time. I don't know how, but a one-minute preview. In the coming weeks I followed the campaign like an anxious teenager follows a cr...
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Memoirs of a Michael: Doubt everything you think you know about doubts and faith and junk.
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Thursday, October 10, 2013. Doubt everything you think you know about doubts and faith and junk. In true postmodern fashion, just about everyone that is talking about this talk rips out some of the key words and either applies their own definitions or throws out definitions entirely. You. Can't. Do. That. At least, not if you want to learn anything new. So here's a contextualized reading, in brief. Faith requires self-doubt.". I don't know why I put that ...
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Memoirs of a Michael: April 2013
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Thursday, April 11, 2013. IT'S A [TOLERANCE] TRAP! This is not an attempt to pad President Packer's message or perform "mental gymnastics." Rather, this is my sincere interpretation of a message that I believe deserves more pondering and meditation than it has heretofore received. So here I go. Here is the controversial passage:. Tolerance trap." Tolerance trap? Tolerance is a virtue.". The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land ...
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Memoirs of a Michael: August 2013
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Sunday, August 11, 2013. On the timescale of a life, little time has passed. A blip. A step. I'm maybe twelve years older. I'm still just a babe! Here are some of my favorite quotations. This is from the expanded novel-version. I dint know mice were so smart." (6). Dr Strauss said I had something that was very good. He said I had a good motor-vation. I never even knowed I had that." (7). You cant eat before a operashun. Not even cheese." (10). Here in you...
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Memoirs of a Michael: October 2013
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Thursday, October 31, 2013. The Ten Most Compelling Numbers of ALL TIME. Links to this post. Thursday, October 10, 2013. Doubt everything you think you know about doubts and faith and junk. In true postmodern fashion, just about everyone that is talking about this talk rips out some of the key words and either applies their own definitions or throws out definitions entirely. You. Can't. Do. That. At least, not if you want to learn anything new. I don't kn...
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Memoirs of a Michael: October 2012
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Memoirs of a Michael. Not really a memoir at all. Friday, October 26, 2012. Why Utahns should consider Peter Cooke for Governor. I live in Utah, and although I am registered as an independent, I want to make a case for the democratic gubernatorial candidate, Peter Cooke. Here is my brief case as to why Utahns should not just write him off:. For reference, here are the two candidates' web pages on issues:. Http:/ www.cookeforgovernor.com/issues/. No Does he want to legalize all forms of abortion? Also, I ...
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