<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Mormon Expression Blogs &#187; John Larsen</title>
	<atom:link href="http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/author/john/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs</link>
	<description>An ongoing blog of all things Mormon</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 12:47:52 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>The Vanguard</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2012/03/13/the-vanguard/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2012/03/13/the-vanguard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=1974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many terms that get employed in metaphor so often that they begin to lose any real meaning. &#8220;The Vanguard&#8221; is one of them. In the age of machine guns and smart bombs, the term has lost much of its impact, but it is worth looking at one more time. In ancient battles the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2012/03/13/the-vanguard/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Here I Stand</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2012/03/12/here-i-stand/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2012/03/12/here-i-stand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=1971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My relationship with Mormonism is complex. I have served as a commentator, critic, research, occasional defender, and a former member. I have been in the shoes of the skeptic and the believer; I have lived on both sides of the fence. My views on Mormonism represent a natural growth and progression—one that I think has [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2012/03/12/here-i-stand/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>95</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Spiritual Turing Test</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/09/14/the-spiritual-turing-test/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/09/14/the-spiritual-turing-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=1410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that a person is sitting in a large room filled with many computers. At each computer terminal an individual sits interacting with their own computer. Each person has a monitor and a keyboard, but the actual computer unit cannot be accessed accept through interacting with the computer via the keyboard and monitor. The individual [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/09/14/the-spiritual-turing-test/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fundamentalism</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/05/04/fundamentalism/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/05/04/fundamentalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=808</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a fundamentalist religion.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/05/04/fundamentalism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Edelweiss</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/04/07/edelweiss/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/04/07/edelweiss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music the Character of Captain Von Trapp sings the song “Edelweiss”. At the cusp of World War II, the characters are facing the destruction of an idyllic period of their history and a subsequent rush into the tragic future. The song is a nostalgic lament for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/04/07/edelweiss/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Unhealthy Organization Checklist</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/02/01/unhealthy-organization-checklist/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/02/01/unhealthy-organization-checklist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we find ourselves involved in organizations, governments and communities that might be psychologically unhealthy to us or our communities. As a public service, I have written a few points you can use to check to see if an organization might be consider dangerous or unhealthy There are elections with only one candidate up for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2011/02/01/unhealthy-organization-checklist/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Discretion and Success Go Together</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/22/discretion-and-success-go-together/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/22/discretion-and-success-go-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago I worked at a police department. One of the detectives came in from a drug raid and announced that porn causes drug abuse and crime. His proof? Every house he had looked through while serving a search warrant had yielded a stash of porn. For our detective, that was absolute 1:1 causality. At [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/22/discretion-and-success-go-together/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sex, Religion &amp; Negative Externalities</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/16/sex-religion-negative-externalities/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/16/sex-religion-negative-externalities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In economic theory, an externality is a cost or benefit that is experienced by parties outside of an exchange. These can be both good and bad. If two people are involved in an exchange that I am not a participant in and I experience some damage or bonus, that is an externality. When the externality [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/16/sex-religion-negative-externalities/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Christmas beyond Christ</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/10/christmas-beyond-christ/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/10/christmas-beyond-christ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since my wife and I no longer consider ourselves Christians, one question we are often asked is “how do you celebrate Christmas without Christ?” The answer is, “very well, thank you.” Some religious people like to divide the world in to a religious/secular dichotomy. But for those of us who reject the divine origin of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/10/christmas-beyond-christ/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Secrecy and Control</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/01/secrecy-and-control/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/01/secrecy-and-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent Wikileaks release of the diplomatic communiques has me thinking about institutions and secrecy&#8211;particularly as it relates to big organizations like the Church. Organizations are by nature amoral, since they have no thoughts or feelings in-and-of themselves. Imbalance of information leads to power for the information holder. Secrecy becomes a way to gain an [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/12/01/secrecy-and-control/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Not of the World, yet Engaging the World</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/11/16/not-of-the-world-yet-engaging-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/11/16/not-of-the-world-yet-engaging-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of thinking and debating about the Church, both as an insider and as an outsider gadfly, I have come to one certain conclusion. Most Mormons are completely incapable of engaging the outside world about their faith. It is not a matter of intelligence. Mormons on the whole are smart, creative and well-informed. But [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/11/16/not-of-the-world-yet-engaging-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>65</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nothing to Challenge and a Great Deal to Abet</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/11/11/nothing-to-challenge-and-a-great-deal-to-abet/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/11/11/nothing-to-challenge-and-a-great-deal-to-abet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deseret Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Dutcher]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard this phrase the other day while listening to a discussion on NPR. The author, who used the phrase, was discussing the current state of affairs inside the Republican party. Currently, the extreme right via the Tea Party is driving much of the Republican agenda. However, the majority of members of the party are [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/11/11/nothing-to-challenge-and-a-great-deal-to-abet/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Production Notes: Ed Decker</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/29/product-notes-ed-decker/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/29/product-notes-ed-decker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=67</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we posted my interview with Ed Decker, the ex-Mormon famous for his books and movies in the God Makers series. Ed has been much maligned by Mormons for his active preaching against Mormonism as an evangelic missionary. When interviewing someone like Ed, the main question is about approach. Ed has been very public [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/29/product-notes-ed-decker/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why would God do That?</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/18/why-would-god-do-that/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/18/why-would-god-do-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=20</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Elder Packer gave a conference talking confronting the issue of homosexuality. Packer believes that sexual orientation is a matter of choice, inspired by temptation, that can be overcome. Dismissing the idea of ingrained sexuality and proposing the possibility of change, Packer poses a key rhetorical question. Packer asks the simple question [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/18/why-would-god-do-that/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mormon Expression Launches a Blog</title>
		<link>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/12/mormon-expression-launches-a-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/12/mormon-expression-launches-a-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Larsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/?p=5</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John explains the purpose and intent of the Mormon Expression blog. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mormonexpression.com/blogs/2010/10/12/mormon-expression-launches-a-blog/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
<!-- This Quick Cache file was built for (  mormonexpression.com/blogs/author/john/feed/ ) in 0.53301 seconds, on May 18th, 2012 at 12:46 am UTC. -->
<!-- This Quick Cache file will automatically expire ( and be re-built automatically ) on May 18th, 2012 at 1:46 am UTC -->
