In the Village: Magical thinking is not the plan

By Orson Scott Card, For the Deseret News

Published: Thursday, Oct. 20 2011 5:00 a.m. MDT

For the Deseret News

Summary

The grief you can understand. When a spouse breaks the marriage, when a grownup child repudiates the gospel, it comes as a shock, as a loss, and where there was love, there will be mourning.

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pat1

Taylorsville, UT

Thank you for this article. Magical thinking can have many other bad outcomes---one of which is neighbors and ward members criticizing because of failures in a home. ("You must not have read the Book of Mormon in your home" "If your More..

10:02 a.m. Oct. 20, 2011
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Valjean

Los Alamos, NM

als Athiest,

The full quote, which you could not be bothered to supply, was:

"Pondering a passage of scripture can be a key to unlock revelation and the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Ghost. Scriptures can calm an More..

4:17 p.m. Oct. 20, 2011
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pmccombs

Orem, UT

Brother Card presents a common argument to the problem of theodicy. The argument is typically listed under "Free Will," but our (Mormon) correlated term for it today is "Free Agency." God granted us the ability to choose and act More..

10:35 a.m. Oct. 20, 2011
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