Monthly Archives: February 2026

Human Ways of Forming Answers to Questions Type Description A Principal Use Strength Weakness Authoritarianism Composite of opinions of other human beings To know one’s mother tongue Easiest Often wrong Rationalism Deducing an answer from accepted premises Balancing one’s checkbook … Continue reading →

Priesthood: The power and authority from God to assist in the saving work of Jesus Christ. Name of the priesthood: The Holy Priesthood after the Order of the Son of God. (D&C 107:3) A true priest always leads people to … Continue reading →

Jesus Christ is the source of all good things on this earth. If any person does any good thing, it is by the gifts and power of Christ. Satan is the father of all lies and other evil. If any … Continue reading →

Thinking: The spiritual, intellectual, social and physical response of a person to his total environment on the basis of all the evidence he can gather and in accordance with his own eternal personality. To think is to exercise agency. I. … Continue reading →

1.   Since a basic definition is always ostensive, and since ostensive definition can only offer family resemblance likeness in the formation of universals, the first language learned by a person must always be a vernacular language where family resemblance is … Continue reading →

February 1987 1.   “Mean” is an active verb. It signifies the intentional act of a person. It is appropriate to ask about any intentional act, “What do you mean (to do).” One of the mistakes of our civilization is to … Continue reading →

1. What is communication?    2. What is language? 3. Is language a natural phenomenon, a human artifact, or a gift of God? 4. Was language created once for all time?             Is language constantly created by each use? 5. Is … Continue reading →

1.   Definition of language: Any patterned and normed set of assertion codes by which one being communicates with another. Patterned: A finite set of standard projections which may be combined and recombined in a virtually infinite set of communications. Examples: … Continue reading →

Type Figure of Speech Definition Simile like a cross Pattern or essence Metaphor a cross Pattern or essence Metonymy The Cougars were #1 Change of name Synecdoche How beautiful are the feet Part for whole Homonymy For a fisherman, on … Continue reading →

February 1986 Question: What is the most useful unit on which to focus as the basic unit of human communication? Static system: A non-functioning sub-system consisting only of stationary parts and their relationships. Communication in a static system: unobstructed contiguity … Continue reading →