God is often described as being omnipotent, omniscient, & omnipresent (sometimes also omnibenevolent). I’ve noted elsewhere my agnosticism about some of those labels for God, but I’ve somewhat come around on God’s omnipotence. That is I’ve thought of a way of imagining and understanding what it means to be omnipotent that fits into how I […]
Read more "Reimagining Omnipotence"Can we know the mind of God? Mormonism is built on the premise that we can, but also that we need others to reveal it to us. That I must come to know God, for that is eternal life, but that to do so I need the prophets, scripture, and the Holy Ghost. I cannot […]
Read more "Knowing God"I wonder how prophecy shapes our world and how believing in prophecy can contribute to its fulfillment. Is something more likely to happen because I believe it was foretold to? Does believing in something influence my choices in a way that consciously or subconsciously contributes to the actualization of that thing? How often do we […]
Read more "Interpreting Prophecy"I’ve been thinking about why I still go to church when many of my thoughts and hopes about and for Mormonism seem unlikely to materialize or at odds with aspects of the institution. I’ve especially wondered what that will mean for Cec and my kid(s). So, today, I thought I’d present those thoughts as a […]
Read more "Why I Stay: An Open Letter to My Unborn Child"A significant factor in Mormon theology and cosmology is the War in Heaven, which we only have a smattering of verses about. I selected the first three verses from the Fourth chapter of Moses because they seemed most useful for our purposes today in discussing Satan’s Proposal in this War that resulted in a third […]
Read more "Satan’s Plan: Two Interpretations"Enshrined in Mormon scripture is an idea that seems to not be fully believed in practice. In D&C 121:39 we read: “We have learned by sad experience that it is the nature and disposition of almost all men, as soon as they get a little authority, as they suppose, they will immediately begin to exercise […]
Read more "On Unrighteous Dominion"There’s recently been a conversation about excommunication in light of Sam Young being called to a disciplinary council. I’m not aware enough of the intricacies of the situation to really comment on it specifically, but I am interested in talking about excommunication more generally. A conversation about excommunication, I think, must be broken into at […]
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Conor Hilton 