calebjones Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 I'm an active life-long Mormon interested in science, technology, religion, and philosophy.My modern philosophical interests are influenced by a crowd including John Lennox (various lectures from the Veritas forum - look them up on YouTube), Alvin Plantinga (from his book 'Where the Conflict Really Lies'), and the atheist Thomas Nagel (in his book 'Mind and Cosmos'). I'm a great lover of science and free thought, but also a critic of scientism and/or amoral, cynical world-views.My current religious study frequently focuses me on semiotics in the creation account, temple ceremony, and on how Christ emphasized the power of the subjective application of covenant keeping as a means of "knowing" the truth of the gospel over a purely unbiased intellectual derivation of its truth. I try to keep the discussion between science, philosophy, and religion honest on all sides. Hopefully I'm not making things worse as I try.
calebjones Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 I forgot to mention that my religious views are influenced by the Joseph Smith, Pratt, BH Roberts, Talmaige, Eyring, Maxwell, Utchdorf styles of Mormonism.
calebjones Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 Why can't I just edit my original post to add that previous comment, instead of having to post more comments?
bluebell Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Once you hit 25 posts you will be able to edit, and also to start threads in the other forums.
calebjones Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 Oh, okay. Sorry if I'm spamming in trying to get to 25 points. Rather than sit in this 25 < limbo, I'd rather just get there so I'm posting some of my favorite links and content. I promise I won't be THIS noisy all the time. :-)
bluebell Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 It's something that newbies usually end up doing so it's not usually a problem. Just remember that when you post links, you have to make them a discussion and not just a 'here it is' kind of thing or you could get into trouble. People tend to get annoyed when someone posts a lot of links (especially if it's to their own blog) but doesn't take the time and energy to provide commentary and comment so that some concise aspect of the link can be discussed or debated.
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