Bertrand Russell once said, “Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” I know that I am a little eccentric and others know it too. That is the only reason I expose my opinion about such a complex issue as, ‘The Origin of Man.’ When I first…
Tag: Jesus Christ
On A Glimpse Into The Eternal
I imagine that there are many people who have asked themselves, or others, “Why am I here on this earth and what is my purpose?” There could be many ways of asking the same or similar questions. I remember one hot summer day, when I was probably about nine or ten years of age, I…
On Let There Be Light
From the mouths of babes! “And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?” (Matthew 21:16) In Sacrament meeting, a young missionary (19 years old) spoke with the maturity of an angel. I’m going to elaborate on one of the things that…
On Satan’s Powerful Influence
In our pre-earth existence we were spirits formed from intelligent matter through a birth process of which earthly births are patterned after. We are the offspring of a heavenly and eternal couple, and we progressed in that pre-earth state, in the presence of our parents. We were to a point of maturity where further progress…
On Good and Evil
From a website called Philosophy of Religion, it was stated that “God’s creation was originally good, but then the first man, Adam, sinned. As a result of this Fall, sin entered the world, and now all suffer the affliction of original sin. This doctrine is an important part of the Christian tradition: not only does it exonerate…
On Wake Up Calls
Wake-up calls may have nothing to do with getting up in the morning, but rather they can come to us at any time of the day and even at anytime of our lives. They may even come at times when we need to be reminded to change course before we get ourselves in trouble or…
On Keys II
“A blind person asked St. Anthony: “Can there be anything worse than losing eyesight?” He replied, “Yes, losing your vision.” I’m going to try to give you the vision the brethren would like you to have regarding family history and the blessings of the Priesthood. Peter was one of the greatest of men. It is…
On Just Thinking About Things
Do you ever just think about things? For example, the way things are and then wonder if that is the way they ought to be? Do you ever wonder how you or I could possibly make something better than it is now? Better in the sense that it would ease someone’s work load or reduce…
On Choosing To Believe
I read a weekly email from my granddaughter, Sarah, to the family. She is serving a mission in Arizona. She gets a little frustrated with her missionary contacts from time to time. She described one encounter this way: ”We were…out knocking doors. One door we knocked on, this gruff looking man answers, and as soon…
On What Would The World Be Like If
In a very interesting and provocative article. Bradlee Dean asked the question, “What would it be like, if…?” I have never thought too much about a question like that because it is pure speculation. There is really no way of knowing now how things would be different if history could be changed. We can’t change…