Skepticism in Buddhism
One of my fellow students at Bright Dawn made a great observation today. She said that skepticism is more often
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The 3 Foundations of Buddhism
There were 3 things that stood out to me in my reading this week. I read this chapter in 2
I need a source. I know Brigham Young postponed the completion of the SLC temple because of his huge salary. He died a millionaire. Does anybody have a source for this?
Curious_Mormon came to the rescue with this comment: I don’t know about the temple delay, but we have a lot
Which Culture has “The One True Buddhism”?
Buddhism went through many changes in the 2,500 years it has been around. After the Buddha died, there was nothing
How Buddha treated those who tried to kill him, when he helped people, and his final sermon
There were 3 things that stuck out in my readings this week: how Buddha treated those who tried to kill
The 1879 version of the BoM claims 10-15 MILLION people died in the last Jaredite war. This would place their civilization at half the population of Rome, and left no trace of it.
Including wives and children, the numbers very probably must have been from ten to fifteen million page 606, footnote b
Reminder: Current GA owns a company that does a lot of construction jobs for the church. He’s profiting off his position as a GA
Craig Zwick has been a GA since 1995. His construction company, Zwick Construction, has done a shit ton of work for
The Secular Mormon Community and Movement
Martin Luther saw the Catholic church selling indulgences. He thought that was bullshit so he wrote out 95 things he
Sisyphus
Sisyphus was a trickster character in Greek mythology. He was punished for his tricks with the task of rolling a
Teachers and Simplicity
There were 2 things that really stood out to me in the reading this week. The first being who teachers