Event: Northwest Symposium 2004

Discussion, Making Sense of Today’s Book of Mormon Debates

Book of Mormon studies have shifted in recent decades, leading to many new, and widely different theories about its historicity, origins, theology, and function. What are the new approaches? How and to what extent are they affecting official Church rhetoric as well as chapel discussions? What issues are crying for the most attention? What positive …

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Pillars Of My Faith

“Pillars” is traditionally one of the most popular sessions at Sunstone symposiums. Join engaging speakers as they reflect on their faith journeys and the way they have ordered their spiritual lives. What gospel principles have been especially animating for them? What people have helped guide their way? What have been the most powerful or defining …

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Discussion. An LDS Perspective on the Stem Cell Debate

When does “life” begin? Is it at fertilization (penetration of sperm into ovum)? Implantation (of previous free-floating embryo into uterine lining)? Individuation (cell specialization around day fourteen)? Ability to live outside the womb (around twenty-four weeks)? First breath? This question is just one of many issues which animate the current debate about the ethics of …

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What To Do when ‘Plan B’ Fails

No life task is more difficult than when we’re forced to redefine ourselves when our life doesn’t follow the plan—that idealistic blueprint destined to take us to “happily ever after.” And even if we manage to work our way through the dissapointments and struggle with self-worth once, there’s still no guarantee that our plan B …

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