Armageddon in the Atomic Age

1,538 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002  Armageddon in the Atomic Age Try to name all of the changes that the atom bomb and technology brought to our world in the middle of the last century. It certainly changed warfare; even populations far from any battle could be held hostage to annihilation. It changed politics and [...]

Deep Waters: Creatio ex nihilo, creatio ex materia and creatio ex deo are all true doctrines

For background on this post, please first read Lehi’s model of the universe.  This article begins where that one left off. creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) Everything originally came from outer darkness, or out of the lake of fire and brimstone, into the inner light or sphere which is the kingdom of God [...]

CAP Reports

Here is a help for LDS that doesn’t come from an LDS source. It is a Christian Ministry called the ChildCare Action Project (CAP) that reviews movies and rates them according to how much offensive material is in the movie. Here is the link to the big list of movie reviews: Childcare Action Project (CAP) [...]

How I get out of jury duty

I received my official jury summons this month. Every few years it arrives and each time I send the following letter back to them. I never hear from them again until a few years later, when I get another jury summons. Feel free to use this template if you want to easily get out of [...]

Introducing yet another new contributor

I am pleased to announce that Rodney M. Cluff has accepted an invitation to contribute to the LDS Anarchy blog. I have mentioned him once on this blog in the post, The hollow earth theory, the plasma model and Mormon theology. The Contributors page has been updated with his biographical information, for those who would [...]

The Golden Question

801 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2006  The Golden Question To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. Auguries of Innocence, William Blake   True insight comes of pursuing a question or an idea [...]

The Noachian Flood, Part Two: Electrically manufacturing OH

Continued from part one. There didn’t seem to be a whole lot of interest in The Noachian Flood, Part One: The role of plasma, so I held off on writing and releasing Part Two. In fact, so much did I hold off, that I totally forgot about Part One and the promised Part Two, until [...]

The Signs of the Times

1,610 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002  The Signs of the Times Hoping to confound the Savior by asking him to perform an impossible miracle for a mere man, the Pharisees and the Sadducees of his day asked that “he would shew them a sign from heaven.” His answer was profound – for them and for [...]

New Heavens, New Earth: Suddenly or Slowly?

1,315 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2002  New Heavens, New Earth: Suddenly or Slowly? The heavens and the earth are repeatedly referenced in the scriptures as the objects of remarkable, sweeping changes in the past and in the future. “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be [...]

Modern Signs

1,452 words © Anthony E. Larson, 2003 Modern Signs Joseph’s most profound and enlightening sermon on the signs of the last days, given on the temple grounds at Nauvoo in April, 1843, demonstrates his views of the origin and nature of those signs, as well as our ability to recognize them for what they are. [...]