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		<title>Thursday Theological Poll: Death-bed repentance, maybe, sorta?</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2012/05/24/thursday-theological-poll-death-bed-repentance-maybe-sorta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 07:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don&#8217;t know much about Omni.  In fact, the following is what we know: 1 Behold, it came to pass that I, Omni, being commanded by my father, Jarom, that I should write somewhat upon these plates, to preserve our genealogy— 2 Wherefore, in my days, I would that ye should know that I fought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=36806&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is our emphasis on temple worthiness counter-productive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his recent General Conference address, Elder Donald L. Hallstrom made the following observation: &#8220;Some have come to think of activity in the Church as the ultimate goal. Therein lies a danger. It is possible to be active in the Church and less active in the gospel. Let me stress: activity in the Church is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=35816&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>62</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>I am not qualified to write this post: A response to Ralph Hancock&#8217;s response to a critique of his review of a book I&#8217;ve never read</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2012/05/11/i-am-not-qualified-to-write-this-post-a-response-to-ralph-hancocks-response-to-a-critique-of-his-review-of-a-book-ive-never-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ralph Hancock recently wrote a post in which his main point is that people were so interested in his obsession with Joanna Brooks that they never addressed his argument.  I&#8217;ve not read Sister Brooks&#8217;s book, nor have I read Brother Hancock&#8217;s initial responses to it, primarily because I don&#8217;t care.  I like Joanna&#8217;s online persona [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=36367&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>104</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>The Smugger-Murmur-H8er-Snigger-nacle and Me</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2012/03/10/the-smugger-murmur-h8er-snigger-nacle-and-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People sometimes wonder why I bother. By which I mean bother writing blog posts or thinking about the church obsessively or trying to interact with people with whom I hold strong disagreements. In some cases, I&#8217;ve had to stop because folks were just driving me crazy (Hi, M*). So why bother? Does being involved in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=34802&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>61</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Three apologies and a rule or &#8220;How I learned to stop worrying and love Mormon racism&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2012/03/03/three-apologies-and-a-rule-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-mormon-racism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, I&#8217;m sorry for writing this post at all. I&#8217;m sure you all are sick to death of the discussion of race and of Professor Bott&#8217;s reported views thereon. I know I am and I&#8217;ve only followed the situation peripherally. Second of all, I&#8217;m sorry for oversharing, as I&#8217;ll undoubtedly do over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=34615&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>86</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>The gospel isn&#8217;t an IQ test</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2012/01/10/the-gospel-isnt-an-iq-test/</link>
		<comments>http://bycommonconsent.com/2012/01/10/the-gospel-isnt-an-iq-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You can safely assume you&#8217;ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” ― Anne Lamott Recently, I was involved in an online discussion regarding the usefulness of the Church Educational System, which was really about the usefulness of how we teach things in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=32899&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>120</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Travelers</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/12/25/travelers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Grandmother died this past year. So did Kim Jong-Il, Sarah Jane Smith, Christopher Hitchens, Vaclav Havel, Anne MacCaffrey, Muammar Gaddafi, Al Davis, Steve Jobs, Tom Wilson, Cliff Robertson, many Russian Hockey players, and Betty Ford. Also, my friends Giuli and Rich had their first baby a couple of weeks ago. They named him Christopher. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=32259&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Thursday Late-Afternoon-because-I&#8217;m-in-a-mood-poll: Faith-altering edition</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/12/15/thursday-late-afternoon-because-im-in-a-mood-poll-faith-altering-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/12/15/thursday-late-afternoon-because-im-in-a-mood-poll-faith-altering-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does learning that &#8220;the Brethren&#8221; aren&#8217;t perfect affect your approach to God and/or the church? Vote above; comment below. Filed under: Mormon<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=31922&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Monday Morning Theological Poll &#8211; Mormon Atonement Extravaganza Edition [poll updated (again)]</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/12/05/monday-morning-theological-poll-mormon-atonement-extravaganza-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/12/05/monday-morning-theological-poll-mormon-atonement-extravaganza-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because I&#8217;m interested in the different schools of thought on this issue and because I wonder how compatible (and accurate) it all is, I provide the following poll. Just choose the one that best suits your approach. I realize that you would like to choose more than one (I sure would), but don&#8217;t. Choose the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=31542&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Monday Morning Theological Poll: Visionary time-travel edition</title>
		<link>http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/11/14/monday-morning-theological-poll-visionary-time-travel-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://bycommonconsent.com/2011/11/14/monday-morning-theological-poll-visionary-time-travel-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know Moroni&#8217;s most famous quote in Mormon 8: Behold, I speak unto you as if ye were present, and yet ye are not. But behold, Jesus Christ hath shown you unto me, and I know your doing. (Mormon 8:35) Today, we speculate regarding what&#8217;s going on there. I predict that you will justify [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bycommonconsent.com&#038;blog=6576503&#038;post=30841&#038;subd=bycommonconsent&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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