How would a top legal officer in the state of Utah be answering questions about whether gambling is legal in Utah? More importantly, how would that officer NOT know that it IS illegal?
One of the most counterproductive things we can do with scripture is to take it out of context--even when it comes to the Book of Mormon. Actually..especially when it comes to the Book of Mormon.
We often called Native Americans, Asian Pacific Islanders, and others "Lamanites", but does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teach that all such modern-day peoples descended exclusively from Book of Mormon ancestors? One of the most common misconceptions of Mormonism is to think so. But in fact, this is not the case. There is a great deal of LDS scholarship and pulpit teaching that says quite the opposite.
Although I consider myself a very active member of the LDS Church, some things about Mormon culture drive me bonkers. For example, tell me if you've heard this inaccuracy during the baptismal service for a child.
Beyond the reality that it's not clear to the outside world just exactly who used chemical weapons in Syria, it's important to realize that a myriad of nuances exist that are not being much talked about. In this article I will explain what those nuances are:
In 1999, Alan Greenspan (Chairman of the Federal Reserve), Robert Rubin (Treasury Secretary for the Clinton Administration) and Lawrence Summers (Rubin's deputy secretary) were dubbed on Time Magazine's front cover as "The Committee to Save the World". Ironically, just a year before that, the trio made a decision that should have earned them the moniker "The Committee to SCREW the World"