“Why do you need to talk about ‘problems in the church’ with your spouse?”

Hellmut asked me to post this. It’s from a recent thread on FLAK, on the topic of marriage. I wrote: I attribute my divorce squarely to the church. Simply because the church forbade us from talking about the one topic we needed to talk about (problems in the church). If a couple cannot talk about its problems then a marriage cannot survive. Which led to the perfectly reasonable question, Why do you need to talk about “problems in the church” with your spouse? Or put another way, Why do fish need Read more [...]

Posted by Tolworthy on October 20th, 2008 | 10 Comments Posted in Family, Marriage

Twelve arguments and one proof of the Book of Mormon

In a recent discussion, Hellmut asked Seth R “Why do you think that the probability that the Book of Mormon is true is greater than one percent?” And Seth R. gave a number of reasons. I have summarised them formally, in the hope that they can be further refined and polished. This post is inspired by that classic of philosophy, “Over Three Hundred Proofs of God’s Existence” 1. ARGUMENT FROM LOGIC (1) All opposing arguments are illogical (“shot quite full of holes”) (2) Therefore no supporting Read more [...]

Posted by Tolworthy on November 11th, 2007 | 44 Comments Posted in Apologetics, Book of Mormon

Adventures in online Mormonism. Or, my search for Truth.

This is a trip down memory lane, with some conclusions about the nature of truth. I recently decided to archive and forget my old Mormon-related web sites. AmberAle asked me for some dates regarding when they were created. This led to a stream of rambling reminiscences. So it seemed like a good idea to post them here, in case anyone else is interested. Nobody is forcing you to read! :) Most of my sites were easily forgettable “anti” sites, but WhyProphets was a little more substantial, and Read more [...]

Posted by Tolworthy on March 18th, 2007 | 4 Comments Posted in Mormon Doctrine, Moving On, Nostalgia, Science, Testimony

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