Category Archives: Religious

Prisoner Restitution

Citizens of the United States of America have rights. Such as the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When a citizen commits a crime, they do so in trade for some of their rights. In other words, were I to kill someone, I would give up my rights to liberty and the …

20 July 2011 – 11:44:58 | By Jonathan | Posted in Economics, Energy, Philosophic, Political, Religious | Tagged , , , , , |

What is Easter?

I was just imagining what it would be like to happen upon an American Easter celebration with no prior knowledge of the holiday or accompanying traditions. It would probably seem that Easter is about a magical bunny… that lays eggs. Eggs that mostly contain sugary treats, though occasionally there are other things in the eggs, …

25 April 2011 – 14:26:05 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , , |

Is there a situation where democracy won’t work?

This important question was asked and answered by Clayton M. Christensen on 16 May 2009 in a commencement speech given at Southern New Hampshire University. I encourage everyone to read this speech. Here are a couple of quotes from it that caught my attention: Too often, as a result, we overlook an obvious fact: finding …

22 February 2011 – 11:48:53 | By Jonathan | Posted in Economics, Philosophic, Political, Religious |

Faith vs Works for Salvation

Our family was reading recently about when God sent fiery serpents amongst the Israelites as a punishment because of their wickedness. The part that I found interesting was that God told Moses to create a brass serpent and fasten it to the top of a pole. Then, when someone was bitten by one of the …

19 September 2010 – 20:39:40 | By Jonathan | Posted in Religious | Tagged , , , , , , |

Soul Feasting

While discussing the topic of “feasting on the Word of God” (2 Nephi 31:20) today at church I presented the following analogy which I particularly like, as it helps me visualize better the need for me to study the scriptures daily. You have probably heard that we should feast upon the scriptures, in other words, …

11 April 2010 – 20:04:18 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , |

The Kingdom

This is a follow-up to a previous post on the topic of “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God“. This scripture has continued to be on my mind. Having that be a focus of my thoughts, I was recently led to think specifically about what “The Kingdom” is.

23 February 2010 – 14:20:57 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious |

I Am A Child of God

“I am a Child of God, and He has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home, with parents kind, and dear.” If that were the end of the blessings that He had given me, it would still be more than some of our siblings have been given. If that were the end of …

25 September 2009 – 12:43:14 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philanthropic, Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , , , , , , |