Sperm Sorting Function

Background on this post: This is just a hypothesis, based upon some scientific research I have read. I first wrote this as a “note essay” back when I still had my LDS Anarchist account on Facebook. I decided not to publish it here because of its more scientific nature, but I have now changed my [...]

Various recent insights

by and by; or, How long does it take? I got to talking to a friend yesterday and shared with him the following: Alma 32:42 uses the term “by and by.” and because of your diligence | and your faith | and your patience | with the word | in nourishing it | that it [...]

The Strength of the Lord

The strength of the Lord was a miracle bestowed upon all the Nephites and Lamanites who had repented of their sins and come to Christ. Basically, it gave a person supernatural strength. It was first bestowed upon Lehi and party during their eight year walk to Bountiful, because they needed it for the long and [...]

The Two Authors of the Book of Abraham

A small diversion For awhile now my attention has been focussed on the Book of Mormon, but while visiting and commenting on another blog, the Book of Abraham came up as a topic, which allowed me some diversion.  Today I decided to re-read the Book of Abraham and I noticed that it seemed to contain the writings [...]

Vigilant Citizen web site link added to the blog

This is just a note to let everyone know that I’ve added a link to The Vigilant Citizen web site to this blog.  You can find it by looking at the column immediately to the right of any post, under the Education link category.  (Each page has four columns: a far-left column, a left column containing [...]

The Real Missionary Discussions

The LDS missionary discussions (of my mission) When I was a missionary, we had a series of six booklets, which we called the missionary discussions, which we had to memorize and then teach verbatim to our investigators, ideally over a period of three weeks, with one discussion given per visit. Each discussion came with a [...]

“Why do you call me a Christian when you believe in a Restoration?”

Tim, an evangelical Christian, recently asked this question in one of the comments of his blog, and it really struck me as pertinent. So, I ask any and all latter-day saints to offer your answer to this question: Why do we call them Christians when we believe in a restoration? While you mull over your [...]

“…and the labor which they had to perform was to look…”

And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? [...]

Lehi’s Trek to China and North America

Note: to see how this idea popped into my head and began to develop, read all the comments on the Selections from the Book of Laman post, beginning with this one. Jerusalem to Lemuel 600 years before the coming of Jesus Christ, the prophet Lehi, who “dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days” (1 Ne. [...]

LDS Anarchy Chat Room

I recently deleted my Facebook and Twitter accounts in favor of a Wireclub account.  On the far-right column of each page of this blog, just below the calendar, you will find the words: LDS Anarchy on Wireclub Below those words are four links. The first is a link to my profile at Wireclub.  I go by [...]