The Holy Ghost

Lately I've been thinking about a new way of conceptualizing the Holy Ghost. Mormon tradition holds that the Holy Ghost is a disembodied person. There are myths that come and go about how it doesn't have a body but that someday will be born and receive a body. And of course, it's always conceptualized as … Continue reading The Holy Ghost

The Third Person

I've been studying the Book of Ether recently, and I came across a verse again that has always bothered me: "I saw the finger of the Lord, and I feared lest he should smite me; for I knew not that the Lord had flesh and blood." (Ether 3:8) This verse bothered me because I couldn't … Continue reading The Third Person