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THE MAKING OF SAINTS

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Admin

When we read from the Book of Mormon – …there were no contentions and disputations among them, and every man did deal justly one with another. And they had all things common among them; therefore there were not rich and … Continue reading →

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Two Universes – Natural versus Gospel

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Admin

            One of the aspects of our social existence which makes life interesting and, at the same time, somewhat exasperating is the phenomenon of disagreement. As we compare ideas, objectives, goals, and plans with our fellow man, one of the … Continue reading →

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The Problem of the Academician – POINTS TO PONDER

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Admin

COLLEGE OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTIONCHAUNCEY C. RIDDLE16 November, 1966             It is patent to observe that academicians often make a poor showing in the work of the Church; frequently they are a destructive, negative influence. The paradox is that sometimes these … Continue reading →

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PREMISES OF LDS THOUGHT – Written about 1970 – (Thoughts about handicaps)

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Admin

by Chauncey C. Riddle

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Notes on Unity and Socialism

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Admin

Chauncey C. Riddle             One of the most profound generalizations ever uttered was father Lehi’s dictum that there must be opposition in all things. If it were not so, he points out, all things would be a compound in one … Continue reading →

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A Quorum of Precious Ideas – The Witness and Testimony of Chauncey Cazier Riddle

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Admin

There are gods who are perfect. There are gods many and lords many. All are fully one with each other, being one God. Each individual god is perfect, being perfectly obedient to the person who presides over him or her … Continue reading →

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Zion and Theology

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Admin

a. They hear and accept the gospel message.b. They partake of the covenants.c. They organize themselves under the priesthood.d. They meet their own needs and relieve the suffering of others by living the celestial law.e. They implement the full law … Continue reading →

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The Way Up is First to Go Down – (A Commentary of the Fall of Adam) – (Article rejected by editors of The Ensign)

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Admin

By Chauncey C. Riddle             Before mortality, we lived as spirit children of our Heavenly Father and Mother in another place. We learned much and had important work to do with them. But we knew we could not inherit the … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Factors and Human Learning

Posted on December 1, 2024 by Admin

            The purpose of this essay is to consider human learning in an LDS frame of reference. We begin with a review of the essential theology. I. Why we are here.             Every human being is born into this mortality … Continue reading →

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The Socrates Principle

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Admin

            This paper is intended to be the elaboration of an idea which had a prominent place in ancient philosophy though it apparently has had few adherents. This idea we shall call the Socrates Principle. It is the hypothesis that … Continue reading →

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