All, I'm building my library - are 'Extensions of Power' and 'Origins of Power' by D.M. Quinn both worth getting, or is one a subset of the other?
Quick answer, please - want to place an order today.
H.
Are these two books the same?
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Are these two books the same?
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~ Ernest Becker
"Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death."
~ Simone de Beauvoir
Re: Are these two books the same?
They are a chronological series: Origins is vol 1, Extensions is vol 2. Both are very worth it for the notes and bibliography alone.
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Money would be better spent on a Liahona Subscription from the Maxwell Institute.
ETA: I think this says it all.
ETA: I think this says it all.
Re: Are these two books the same?
Blixa wrote:They are a chronological series: Origins is vol 1, Extensions is vol 2. Both are very worth it for the notes and bibliography alone.
But be forewarned: The author is gay.
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But be forewarned: The author is gay.
Worse than that, he projects his homosexual and magical fantasies onto LDS history.
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The Degeneracy Of Progressivism.
Satan's Plan Deconstructed.
Your Best Resource On Joseph Smith's Polygamy.
Conservatism is the Gospel of Christ and the Plan of Salvation in Action.
The Degeneracy Of Progressivism.
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bcspace wrote:Worse than that, he projects his homosexual and magical fantasies onto LDS history.
As opposed to the faith-promoting fantasies, right?
One of the nice things about critical reading is that it allows you to cut through the biases in every writer and gain knowledge.
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Space is trolling by accurately mimicking what passes as thoughtful commentary in FARMS.
Re: Are these two books the same?
Both books are full of information and references you can check out. Well worth the cost to own them.
Be aware the Author was voted best professor(or something like that) at BYU and had access to the First Presidency Vaults for research as part of the lds-inc church historians office. That was when someone in lds-inc actually came up with the hair brained idea that The Truth was something to be researched and it would stand the light of day. (those ideas have since been flushed with Boyd's little factory production schedule)
Be aware the Author was voted best professor(or something like that) at BYU and had access to the First Presidency Vaults for research as part of the lds-inc church historians office. That was when someone in lds-inc actually came up with the hair brained idea that The Truth was something to be researched and it would stand the light of day. (those ideas have since been flushed with Boyd's little factory production schedule)
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Bow your head and mutter, what in hell am I doing here?
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Re: Are these two books the same?
Blixa wrote:They are a chronological series: Origins is vol 1, Extensions is vol 2. Both are very worth it for the notes and bibliography alone.
Thanks! Ordered this afternoon.
H.
"Others cannot endure their own littleness unless they can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level."
~ Ernest Becker
"Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death."
~ Simone de Beauvoir
~ Ernest Becker
"Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death."
~ Simone de Beauvoir
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Re: Are these two books the same?
LDSToronto wrote:Blixa wrote:They are a chronological series: Origins is vol 1, Extensions is vol 2. Both are very worth it for the notes and bibliography alone.
Thanks! Ordered this afternoon.
H.
I have read the first one and want to get the second.
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