Quantumleap42

A blog by an astrophysicist mostly about things that have nothing to do with astrophysics.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Web comics that I like

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I have always enjoyed reading comics, some more than others, but I haven't had a regular newspaper to get my comics for several years. ...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

When a year is not a year: Calendars and such in the Book of Mormon.

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In my previous post I quoted Deuteronomy 16:21 and showed how not knowing the context of the verse could lead us to incorrect conclusions. ...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Should there be no trees on temple grounds?

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"Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God"  -- Deuteronomy 16:21 Imagine that yo...
Sunday, May 3, 2015

A Knotty Vine

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I found this wild wisteria bush near where I live today. That whole tangled mass in the middle are the twisted trunks of wisteria. It a...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

To Be Pure Before God

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[This was a talk I gave in Sacrament Meeting on Sunday, April 19, 2015.] On Friday I had the opportunity to attend the temple. While I w...
Sunday, April 12, 2015

The Lord Will Justify His Servants

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Recently I was watching the annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I noted how President Monson'...
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Sunday, April 5, 2015

His own work in His own way

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Dear Anonymous, In the 1998 animated film Prince of Egypt there is a scene where Moses lifts his staff over the Red Sea and then dramatic...
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I earned my PhD in physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My particular field of research is astrophysics and I like to study medium sized objects like galaxies, as opposed to stars (small), galaxy clusters (large) and the universe (very large).
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