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		<title>Let There Be Light, If Only We Could Agree on What Light Was</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/10/13/let-there-be-light-if-only-we-could-agree-on-what-light-was/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The assault on moral principles and religious freedom has never been stronger&#8230;. there are also people who are determined to both destroy faith and reject any religious influence in society&#8230;.&#8221; Quentin L. Cook, Let There Be Light, October 2010 General Conference. It is hard to understand what Cook, as well as other Mormon speakers in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=21480&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Honorable Reasons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, someone made the comment to me that (full or partial) Mormon disbelievers sometimes choose to stay in the church and the community for reasons that are both honorable and dishonorable. This, to me, is a provocative thought. Many, both among believers and disbelievers, assert as a matter of principle that there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=20290&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exit, Voice, and Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One sometimes hears calls among Mormons of a certain stripe for faithful believers to extend more love and acceptance to people who leave Mormonism. I am well aware of this discourse for the very good reason that I have on more than a couple of occasions initiated such discussions. Yet on further reflection it seems [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=15762&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching the War in Heaven</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/02/28/teaching-the-war-in-heaven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After hearing several discussions of the very real challenges involved in teaching the Gospel Essentials manual to Relief Societies and quorums made up largely of established members, I wanted to share the approach to the lessons that Sam Brunson (law professor, jazz fanatic, occasional Prius driver, and father of the third- and fourth-best young kids [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=15741&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eden: Hebrew Bible Back Row 2</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/01/26/eden-hebrew-bible-back-row-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many readers will remember my Back Row series on the Doctrine and Covenants. I wanted to continue writing about the scriptures connected with Sunday School, but the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is far more complex than the Doctrine and Covenants, and I’m just an interested amateur. So I’m calling in reinforcements. This week, I’m joined by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=14945&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creation: Hebrew Bible Back Row 1</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/01/13/creation-hebrew-bible-back-row-1/</link>
		<comments>http://bycommonconsent.com/2010/01/13/creation-hebrew-bible-back-row-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many readers will remember my Back Row series on the Doctrine and Covenants.  I wanted to continue writing about the scriptures connected with Sunday School, but the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament is far more complex than the Doctrine and Covenants, and I&#8217;m just an interested amateur.  So I&#8217;m calling in reinforcements.  This week, I&#8217;m joined by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=14749&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Top Ten of the Decade</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/12/30/my-top-ten-of-the-decade/</link>
		<comments>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/12/30/my-top-ten-of-the-decade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[10.  Anathem 9.  Filmspotting 8.  Jack White 7.  Jose Saramago 6.  The 2000-2003 Sacramento Kings Teams 5.  John Luther Adams 4.  Firefly 3.  Alfajores Havanna 2.  The Book of Job 1.  Charity Posted in Mormon<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=14480&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hate Crimes</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/11/23/hate-crimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A key part of Elder Oaks&#8217;s much-discussed argument regarding endangered religious freedom from earlier this year was the idea that religious people, and presumably Mormons in particular, are subject to a disproportionate set of attacks based on religion with the goal of silencing our political voice.  The goal side of that equation is hard to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=13767&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>D&amp;C Catch-Up</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/10/27/dc-catch-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve fallen behind in writing about the D&#38;C Sunday School lesson scriptures!  Woe is us.  Will there ever be a time when I do not regret this failure?  Perhaps, after I write this post covering lessons 38-40, my shame will subside enough that I can come creeping out of the closet that I&#8217;ve been hiding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=12834&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hooray, Utah!  Hooray, Prophets: D&amp;C Lessons 36 and 37</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/09/22/hooray-utah-hooray-prophets-dc-lessons-36-and-37/</link>
		<comments>http://bycommonconsent.com/2009/09/22/hooray-utah-hooray-prophets-dc-lessons-36-and-37/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>J. Nelson-Seawright</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As noted in my last Back-Row Questions post, the D&#38;C manual really stops revolving around the scriptures after it reaches the death of Joseph Smith.  Lesson 36 epitomizes this; the text for the lesson is Chapter 7 in the Our Heritage manual, and it doesn&#8217;t involve any material from the scriptures.  I really have nothing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=12034&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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