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I read part where Hamblin quotes Watson: "The Church emphasizes the doctrinal and historical value of the Book of Mormon, not its geography. While some Latter-day Saints have looked for possible locations and explanations [for Book of Mormon geography] because the New York Hill Cumorah does not...

is there a link to the Hamblin article ?

Mission rules on this kind of thing can often be a bit unclear to the missionaries - but, many missionaries (I believe) do have health coverage through their parents. One thing that perhaps you ought to check on is whether or not the missionaries coming to see you have their own health coverage. In...

Who was Watson and why is this letter important. I guess there was a first letter. Briefly, what was that about?

Ray wrote: 'Perhaps the book will eventually show up on DB's website, or perhaps it may be sold "under the counter"' too funny - bought only at the back door - must knock - two loud and two soft, cash only and no returns. people asking for the book at the counter always wearing ray-ban wa...

All Mormons males who repeatedly need to stand in front of people and give some type of message should always read anyone they talk to in a confessional setting or casually that they have the right to remain silent and Mormon males should disclose to them that anything they say could be used at a fi...

I liked the video by Dr. Dennett. He talked about religions surviving through the process of natural selection. It seems the LDS church uses this to - certain beliefs that are good tend to get passed to the next generation but those that are not good tend to disappear. Did the Church just mutate whe...

outlawing divorce is really a restoration. Per the authors of the Gospels, Jesus repeatedly says that if a man divorces for any reason other than adultery and if he remarries then he commits adultery; if a woman divorces and remarries for any reason she committs adultery. so per Jesus, if a woman di...

karl61 wrote:I was reading an article at the on-line section of the New York Times and noticed an ad in the upper right section dealing with genealogy. I thought it was an LDS church ad. Here is the link -

http://www.dnaancestryproject.com/?gcli ... agodHzETpA

likely so given the word "gene" is in the word genealogy.