Dougvj

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I am a student at Utah State University where I study Computer Science with a Digital Systems emphasis. My interests include Computer Architecture and Hardware, Digital Design, Systems Programming, Microcontroller Development, UNIX and Linux, Concurrent and Parallel Programming, Operating System hardware and software design. My preferred programming language for most tasks is C, followed by Python. I am president of the Free Software and Linux Club at USU.

Having grown up in Mormon culture and as a member of the LDS church, I contribute to christianity.stackexchange.com in these areas.

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May 18	awarded	Autobiographer
May 17	revised	Who produced the first Concordance? spelling
May 17	answered	Who produced the first Concordance?
Apr 11	comment	Does the Mormon doctrine of exaltation implicitly require acknowledging the existence of sentient extra-terrestrial life? @DaveDeLong You're right it's not explicit. The problem is our abuse of the meaning of the word "universe." I edited this to appear less authoritative.
Apr 11	revised	Does the Mormon doctrine of exaltation implicitly require acknowledging the existence of sentient extra-terrestrial life? Edited minor point
Apr 10	revised	Does the Mormon doctrine of exaltation implicitly require acknowledging the existence of sentient extra-terrestrial life? Spelling
Apr 10	answered	Does the Mormon doctrine of exaltation implicitly require acknowledging the existence of sentient extra-terrestrial life?
Apr 10	comment	Does the Mormon doctrine of exaltation implicitly require acknowledging the existence of sentient extra-terrestrial life? Good Question. In my experience this aspect of Mormonism is what causes so many evangelicals to classify it as nonchristian.
Mar 10	comment	Does God have the capacity to sin? Can God sin? This is precisely correct. This is also why Jesus could not have sinned because of his nature, yet he certainly had the capacity to sin and that's what made the temptation real.
Mar 8	revised	How did Brigham Young become the most well-known Mormon leader? punctuation
Mar 5	revised	What evidence does the LDS church forward for the claim that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri? My spelling is awful
Mar 5	answered	What evidence does the LDS church forward for the claim that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri?
Mar 5	comment	What evidence does the LDS church forward for the claim that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri? Ill post a detailed answer later if it's not already addressed, but there is a specific locale. Jackson County Missouri. Wikipedia reports it was once an important location for American river travel as it borders with the Missouri River.
Feb 13	comment	What does the LDS Church teach about Jesus being married, having children, and His position on polygamy? I don't feel this merits its own answer, so I will use a comment. Two things A) Clearly, as pointed out, such an opinion was expressed by leaders of the church in the past B) These opinions are not considered to have ever been introduced as doctrine today by the modern LDS church. For an apologetic discussion on this exact topic, see en.fairmormon.org/Jesus_Christ/Was_Jesus_married/…. The link contains quotes regarding some biblical/mormon reasoning given for such an opinion, if you are interested.
Jan 9	revised	Do Mormons still eat meat only in “winter, cold or famine?” Fixed a spelling error
Jan 8	answered	Do Mormons still eat meat only in “winter, cold or famine?”
Dec 9	comment	Sin and Animal Suffering before the fall? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_epoch For the physics context.
Dec 7	comment	How is one supposed to “know” whether or not the Book of Mormon is true? @Narnian Mormons do engage in apologetic work demonstrating the feasibility of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon, But this is not attempting to prove anything. Just as Peter learned of Christ's divinity from the Father and not from Man (Matthew 16:16-17), So Mormons believe that knowledge of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon can only be given by the Father. Most in Christianity have similar beliefs regarding the authenticity of the Bible as a work of God and not merely of Man, since there are compelling reasons to believe the latter given by secular historians.
Nov 29	comment	What is the relationship between international branches of the LDS Church? Great Answer, I would also like to point out that the leadership in Salt Lake City is not monolithically American, many general authorities are from many different parts of the world, further solidifying the argument that it is a world wide church, not an American one with international branches.
Oct 12	comment	Why does the LDS church (Mormon) put so much more emphasis on the family than most other denominations do? I agree with @amcnabb's assessment. The LDS church certainly emphasizes works, but it does not claim that these works in some way 'add' or otherwise suppliment Christ's atonement. If I am not mistaken, the view is that Christ payed for everything, and in return he asks for our best effort in good works. If we don't manifest good works, we don't have true faith (James 2:14-26).