Monthly Archives: February 2013

Exploring Mormon Institute 2013 – D&C Lesson 10: “This is My Voice unto All”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Mithryn

Compare[1] Purpose To illustrate that thinking the scriptures apply to us is “magic” thinking and that the church basically teaches a form of divination through it. Attention Activity Imagine that you saw an old woman in a turban, with stars … Continue reading →

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Exploring Mormon Institute 2013 – D&C Lesson 9: “The Only True and Living Church”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Mithryn

Compare[1] Purpose To help students understand that there is very little that is unique to the LDS faith, and that a lot was borrowed from other sources. This plays into the LDS idea that the church came from an original … Continue reading →

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Exploring Mormon Institute 2013- D&C Lesson 8: “The Restoration of the Priesthood”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Mithryn

Compare[1] Purpose To question the restoration of the priesthood events and story as we’ve heard it from correlated manuals. To make people think about why the story is so different and why the correlation committee changed the parts they did. … Continue reading →

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Nephites and earrings (one pair), tattoos, and extreme body modifications

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Mithryn

Mayan, Aztec, and Inca body art Some body decorations were permanent. The Mayans squeezed the skulls of the most privileged infants between two boards to elongate and flatten their heads and tried to promote crossed eyes by hanging a ball … Continue reading →

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