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		<title>Lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alohalarsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Battle of Gettysburg was a decisive and bloody part of my nation&#8217;s history. It was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the Civil War, and is considered a major turning point of that war. When I was in Hawaii, my mission president taught us three lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=963&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free to Choose Immodesty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a scandal going on at BYU as we speak. It&#8217;s such a horrible atrocity that the subject hardly fits within civilized conversation. In fact, it probably has the force to bring the Church Educational System, nay, the Church itself, to it&#8217;s knees! Or maybe not. Maybe some self-righteous guy was just being a bit of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=1132&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on &#8220;Mere Christianity&#8221; &#8211; Preface 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alohalarsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[C. S. Lewis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a post continuing my analysis of Mere Christianity from an LDS perspective. See my table of contents here. The Parable of the Hall and the Rooms At the very end of his preface, Lewis gives an analogy, a parable if you will. He says, &#8220;I hope no reader will suppose that &#8216;mere&#8217; Christianity is here put [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=698&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on &#8220;Mere Christianity&#8221; &#8211; Preface 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a post continuing my analysis of Mere Christianity from an LDS perspective. See my table of contents here. The Meaning of  &#8221;Christian&#8221; Lewis addresses the objection that he should not be allowed to define who is and who is not Christian. He says, &#8220;People ask: &#8216;Who are you, to lay down who is, and who is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=696&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on “Mere Christianity” – Preface 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alohalarsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a post continuing my analysis of Mere Christianity from an LDS perspective. See my table of contents here. &#8220;Common to Nearly All Christians&#8221; Lewis explains that he wants to talk about what has been &#8220;common to nearly all Christians at all times.&#8221; It is very difficult to decide what is common to all Christians. If we do happen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=694&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on “Mere Christianity&#8221; &#8211; Preface 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alohalarsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a post continuing my analysis of Mere Christianity from an LDS perspective. See my table of contents here. The Purpose of Mere Christianity In the Preface, Lewis clearly defines his purpose. He says: &#8220;The reader should be warned that I offer no help to anyone who is hesitating between two Christian &#8216;denominations&#8217;… Ever since I became a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=692&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on &#8220;Mere Christianity&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[C.S. Lewis is considered a talented writer and Christian apologist.  The HarperOne publishers write, &#8220;Clive Staples Lewis was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influential Christian writer of his day&#8230;  He wrote more than thirty books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=690&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on “The Book of Mormon” the Musical – Tomorrow is a Latter Day</title>
		<link>http://religiousreason.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/mormon-observations-on-the-book-of-mormon-the-musical-tomorrow-is-a-latter-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alohalarsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a list of all the posts in this series, see here. Background After the pageant presentation, the Mission President is outraged and orders the missionaries home. He tells the villagers that they are not Mormons, and Elder Cunningham becomes discouraged because he ended up causing even more trouble for the villagers. Elder Price, on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=788&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Jesus of Stephen Colbert</title>
		<link>http://religiousreason.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/the-jesus-of-stephen-colbert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ve seen this picture popping up on Facebook recently: This quote was taken from the bit &#8220;Jesus is a Liberal Democrat&#8221; (you can watch the video or read the transcript below). Those posting this picture might do well to read the entire bit from which it&#8217;s taken. http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:368914 The Colbert Report [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=814&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on “The Book of Mormon” the Musical – Joseph Smith American Moses</title>
		<link>http://religiousreason.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/mormon-observations-on-the-book-of-mormon-the-musical-joseph-smith-american-moses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a list of all the posts in this series, see here. In the interest of giving you a fair warning, there is a lot of offensive language in this song. I’m going to censor some of the language, but it’s not difficult to get it from the context. Background Elder Price&#8217;s attempt to convert the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=782&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hawaii Honolulu Mission Motto</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still spending time in my wife&#8217;s class, and today happened to be Hawaiian Day! Before we left for school, I pulled out a box with some things from Hawaii, and it brought me back to the wonderful two years I spent there as a missionary. In the Hawaii Honolulu Mission, we have an incredible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=952&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on “The Book of Mormon” the Musical – I Am Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a list of all the posts in this series, see here. Background After the baptism of the villagers, the missionaries feel a great oneness with the people. They celebrate and sing. Loving those You Serve &#8220;I am Africa&#8221;  Much like the songs “You and Me (But Mostly Me)”,  “Sal Tlay Ka Siti”, and &#8220;Man Up&#8221;, there is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=777&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Principles Behind My Prop 8 Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, an appeals court upheld Judge Walker&#8217;s decision declaring Prop 8 unconstitutional. This has caused both disappointment and celebration, depending on what side of the line you find yourself. My Facebook wall, perhaps like yours, was filled with a lot of both. One Facebook friend of mine wrote, &#8220;This is a very bad day for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=929&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on “The Book of Mormon” the Musical &#8211; Baptize Me</title>
		<link>http://religiousreason.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/mormon-observations-on-the-book-of-mormon-the-musical-baptize-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a list of all the posts in this series, see here. Background Elder Cunningham finishes his preaching. The villagers accept, and are baptized. Elder Cunningham talks with Nabulungi about her desire to be baptized with the others. What is a Covenant? A covenant, in a religious sense, is a binding agreement between God and man. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=773&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mormon Observations on “The Book of Mormon” the Musical &#8211; I Believe</title>
		<link>http://religiousreason.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/mormon-observations-on-the-book-of-mormon-the-musical-i-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a list of all the posts in this series, see here. Background Elder Price wakes up from his nightmare and realizes that he was wrong. As he recommits to his missionary service, Elder Cunningham arrives and announces 10 Africans interested in the Church. He&#8217;s still hurt by Elder Price&#8217;s abandonment, and is unwilling to let [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=religiousreason.wordpress.com&amp;blog=30943900&amp;post=755&amp;subd=religiousreason&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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