Comments on: Does Historicity Matter?

Comment by: Lincoln Cannon

2008-01-08T11:12:22Z

I think questions of historicity are important and interesting, but are not what matters most. What matters most are the practical consequences of our beliefs — the kind of world our ideologies promote.

. . . and I esteem some interpretations of Mormonism to be superior in practical consequence to any other well-established ideology with which I am acquainted.

Comment by: Seth R.

2008-01-08T11:46:59Z

If you take Meridian Magazine as your spiritual windsock in the LDS faith, it’s no wonder you’d want to leave.

Comment by: Jonathan Blake

2008-01-09T08:56:08Z

Lincoln, I have a pragmatic bent of my own, though I have a faith of sorts that knowing the truth—as much of it as we can assimilate—better prepares us to obtain our desires.

Seth, I think Meridian is a fair sample of chapel Mormons culture, in my neck of the woods anyway. I’m not sure why I have never unsubscribed. Perhaps I like being annoyed once in a while.

Comment by: Kullervo

2008-01-09T16:47:58Z

I was pretty sure the answer was going to be no. Mormonism’s claims of exclusive truth absolutely rely on the literal historicity of the whole package. Sacrifice the Church’s truth-claims and you’re left with no compelling reason for Mormonism’s continued existence other than some peoples’ personal preference, and that is starkly at odds with what the Church has taught and claimed from the very beginning.