Tag: science
Update on “Healthy” Alcohol Consumption: Massive New Study Reveals the Optimum Daily Dose is ZERO
My previous post discussed the $100 million government study on “moderate” alcohol consumption that the alcohol industry was furtively funding and designing to give favorable results, a study that fortunately…
The Word of Wisdom is Coming Back into Style: Conspiring Men and the Myth of Healthy Alcohol Consumption
Did you catch the recent reports in the New York Times of a major National Institutes of Health study on the benefits of moderate alcohol consumption? It’s a great story…
Engines of Beauty
“Mandarin Fish,” the winning work from a recent art contest, shown above (courtesy of Wikipedia), was produced by the world’s most prolific and accomplished artist, variously known as “Meaningless Random…
Worse Than I Thought: Apologies for My Mistake about the CES Letter and Joseph’s Cosmology
In my previous post, “Joseph Smith and the Concept of Multiple Inhabited Worlds: Just Simple Borrowing from Others?,” I made a serious blunder when I criticized the CES Letter regarding…
Joseph Smith and the Concept of Multiple Inhabited Worlds: Just Simple Borrowing from Others?
Neighbors in the Tarantula Nebula, just 160,000 light years away. Latter-day Saints with an interest in science are often intrigued by the coherent network of ideas Joseph Smith’s revelations provide…
New Light on Mesoamerica from LiDAR, Something Book of Mormon Fans Are Likely to Like
Thanks to Kirk Magleby for sharing some exciting implications from an advanced exploration technique, LiDAR, that is being used to make new archaeological finds in Mesoamerica which many LDS people…
Science: “How a Mormon Lawyer Transformed Mesoamerican Archaeology—and Ended Up Losing His Faith”
Lizzie Wade, an excellent science writer with impressive experience and credentials (see LizzieWade.com), just published a touching and beautifully written story about Thomas Ferguson in the illustrious journal Science. Her…
DNA Science vs. Scripture: The Book of Mormon is Not the Only Target for Confused Attacks
Misunderstanding of both DNA-related science and the nature of the Book of Mormon led to premature rejoicing in some circles over the alleged refutation of that key scriptural text for…
Science and Mormonism: An Insight from LDS.org and an Update on the So-Called 1910 “First Presidency Statement”
Science and religion are two independent witnesses of God’s Creation, according to a beautiful video interview of LDS scientist Dr. John Lewis, formerly of the University of Arizona and MIT,…
The Creation
Here is a talk I gave at District Conference for the Shanghai International District, March 19, 2017, sharing a few views on the Creation, why we should study and ponder…
