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What Version of the Bible Should I Use?

Dear Joseph, I need help deciding which version of the Bible I should use in some courses I'm taking. I’ve listed the options available to me per the curriculum below:…

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Infinite: You and the Substance of the Universe

24 Oct 20195 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I’ve recently been thinking a lot about the origins of the universe—namely, the creation story of traditional Judeo-Christian doctrine versus the “organization” taught by the LDS church versus…

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Time: All is as One Day with God

21 Jul 20165 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, Life: what a waste of time! I find it hard to believe that God would waste time having me and the other billions of humans bumbling about stubbing…

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The Devil’s Rebuttal

16 Jun 20165 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, Lately there's been a lot of discussion in the media about identity. It's made me think about what you have written before, that I am supposedly a son of…

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The Seed Must Die: Creation in His Image

18 Feb 201624 Mar 2020

Dear Joseph, I like what you've written to me about the need for faith, but I still find myself surrounded by evidences that God, as a supreme controller of all…

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How Faith Can Soar to Knowledge

14 May 20155 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, It's been a while since I've written; you've given quite a lot of information to digest in your letters to me and there's just been a lot going…

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Revelation, Truth, and Error: Laws of Detection

31 Jan 20155 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I still haven't got around to changing my world view, as you suggested. But I feel concerned that even if I begin to see God's hand in my past, I may…

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The Postman

17 Nov 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I haven't been able to devote as much time as I'd like towards reinterpreting my world view, as you've suggested. I mean, I find it hard to be…

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Recognizing Answers to Prayer: A Radical Shift in World View

4 Nov 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, "God is your Heavenly Father and He loves you perfectly, and He is not a domineering, cigar-smoking authority figure who wants you to bend to his will.... You cannot…

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Mother Earth: Eternal, Geographical Inheritance

27 Oct 20145 Nov 2019

Dear Joseph, I can't help but wonder if my insistence on trying to solve my mental dilemmas with God's nature is just a by-product of having been raised to believe in…

The Key to the Science of Theology is a book written by the Apostle Parley P. Pratt, published in 1855, two years before his martyrdom. The author of this site, Joseph, has studied the Gospel of Jesus Christ as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. in great depth for over a decade. It is his conviction that the writing of Parley P. Pratt most accurately conveys in succinct form what Joseph Smith Jr. had been piecing together all his life. This blog is an ode to that triumphant work and the glorious future it prophetically envisions.