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Download Entire Issue 00a_workingcover:Cover.qxd4/28/201111:27AMPage2 MORMON EXPERIENCE SCHOLARSHIP ISSUES & ART Economic SUNSUNSTONESTONE Equality by Roger terry (p.36) mEEt EldER BEck by alan Rex mitchell (p.31) GlennBeck liBERating thE caRt-hoRsE by carrie l. thatcher (p.28) RoughRough StoneStone thE pRoBlEm of Evil and thE pRoBlEm of man RoaringRoaring byloyd Ericson (p.51) lowEll BEnnion and max wEBER bylaurie n. dipadova-stocks (p.57) thE slc tEmplE thRough a hEidEggERian lEns bydavid R. keller (p.3) nEws and updatE LindaSillitoedies, LDSimmigration woesinAZ,Mormon Doctrine disappears, more... June 2010—$7.50 by Robert A. Rees 00b_inside cover:Cover.qxd 4/28/2011 11:30 AM Page 1 Announcing! Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium Featuring Mr. Deity and Sister Dottie S. Dixon August 4–7, 2010 Sheraton Salt Lake City Hotel For more information, visit SUNSTONEMAGAZINE.COM insightful Salacious, insulting sweet, sad ... and funny. quirky-faithful D. 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PEGGY FLETCHER 1978–1986 ELBERT EUGENE PECK 1986–2001 I’ve long been amused by my fellow The selective regard for this one com- DAN WOTHERSPOON 2001-2008 Mormons who inveigh mightily against mandment is disturbing enough, but it also Publishers Emeritus DANIEL H. RECTOR 1986–1991 evolution in one Gospel Doctrine class but calls into question God’s claim to love every WILLIAM STANFORD 2000–2008 on another Sunday proclaim with equal soul. “What man of you having a hundred Editor STEPHEN R. CARTER fervor that they believe “as man is now, God sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave Director of Outreach and Symposia once was,” not seeming to notice they’ve the ninety and nine in the wilderness and MARY ELLEN ROBERTSON Associate Editor just validated that cornerstone of Mormon go after that which is lost, until he finds it” CAROL B. QUIST theology: man’s evolution into Godhood. (Luke 15:4). Are we to conclude from this Section Editors PHYLLIS BAKER, Fiction Contest Coordinator I hope they will read the article and discordance that every soul is precious un- CHERYL BRUNO, Touchstones gain further light and truth. less God commands otherwise? LISA TORCASSO DOWNING, Fiction ALAN AND VICKIE EASTMAN, “Righteous Dominion” NANCY LAYTON SKOUSEN I have similar problems with the way JAMES P. HARRIS, “A Place for Every Truth” HUGO OLAIZ, News/Update Redlands, CA God commanded the early Saints to prac- DIXIE PARTRIDGE, Poetry tice polygamy despite its categorical con- DALLAS ROBBINS, “In the World” ALISON TAKENAKA, “Margin Notes” demnation in the Book of Mormon (Jacob MICHAEL VINSON, “Scripture Notes” MORE MALFEASANCE 2 and 3), and the deceptions and heart- Editorial Assistants break that resulted from it. JOHN-CHARLES DUFFY, HUGO OLAIZ There are so many mixed messages, Contributing Columnist D. JEFF BURTON SO APPRECIATED Holly Welker’s eru- and yet we are told that God does not Cartoonists dite essay, “Divine Malfeasance,” change. Like Welker, I wonder: Why JEANETTE ATWOOD, CAMI THORNOCK. I JONATHAN CLARK, JONNY HAWKINS which served to clarify many fragments of would not God hold himself accountable Much-Appreciated Volunteers ADRIANE ANDERSEN, SUSAN ANDERSEN, thought that have been circulating to the same dictums he requires of us? PHYLLIS BAKER, LES AND SHANON GRIPKEY through my brain for several years. This is certainly a huge feast for thought! DON AND LUCINDA GUSTAVSON, ANN M. JOHNSON, LLOYD PENDLETON, I, too, have questioned God’s actions, CHRISTINE BURTON MARY BETH PENDLETON, SHERRI PENDLETON CAMI THORNOCK, SHARI THORNOCK shifts, and changes on so many occasions Holladay, Utah throughout the scriptures. Whenever I re- view the Ten Commandments in my mind, or see them written out (which they still are on a slab of granite in front of the Lovelock, Nevada, courthouse), I THE SUNSTONE EDUCATION find myself adding, “Unless I, God, com- FOUNDATION The mission of The Sunstone Education Foundation is to mand otherwise” to just about every one! sponsor open forums of Mormon thought and experience. Like the humanistic philosophy of situa- Under the motto, “Faith Seeking Understanding,” we ex- amine and express the rich spiritual, intellectual, social, tional ethics, it depends on the situation and artistic qualities of Mormon history and contempo- rary life. We encourage humanitarian service, honest in- whether something is right or wrong. quiry, and responsible interchange of ideas that is respectful of all people and what they hold sacred. I feel that God tends to treat the Ten Board of Directors Commandments in a situational manner. MICHAEL J. STEVENS chair, LAURA L. 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