WHETHER THERE BE ONE GOD OR MANY

10 August 2008 | 16:03 | Uncategorized | No Comments

WHETHER THERE BE ONE GOD OR MANY[1]
by Paul Toscano
The question I address here is whether Mormonism is monotheistic, Trinitarian, or polytheistic.  This question arises because, during his lifetime, Joseph Smith asserted, with seeming indifference to their apparent contradictions, each of the following god concepts: (1) the Old Testament’s depiction of one God; (2) the Book […]



Debtor’s Plights, Creditor’s Rights, and A Lawyer’s Lament

15 December 2007 | 10:38 | Uncategorized | No Comments

            Part I: Debtors’ Plights –a melancholy assessment in the mode statistical
 
In Utah, as elsewhere, poverty is measured by statistics that compare the gross income levels of households.  The average household in Utah consists of about 3.12 individuals – a statistic that may surprise some of you.  More surprising still, there are several different, legitimate […]



THE VARIETIES OF IRRELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: LECTURE III

1 August 2007 | 8:04 | Uncategorized | No Comments

QUANTUM ILLUMINATIONS AND ILLUSIONS
AN ESSAY BY THE PERPLEXED FOR THE BEWILDERED
By Paul Toscano
            Quantum mechanics is currently regarded by nearly every professional physicist as the most scientifically rigorous and coherent means for describing microcosmic and even some macrocosmic phenomena.  Quantum mechanics consists of mathematical equations that predict with astonishing accuracy the strange results of […]