Paul M. Edwards
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View article: Outbreak of human calicivirus gastroenteritis in a day-care center in Sydney, Australia
Outbreak of human calicivirus gastroenteritis in a day-care center in Sydney, Australia Open
Between January and March 1988, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred among children and staff at a day-care center in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Over an 11-week period, 53 persons had 101 episodes of gastroenteritis; some patie…
View article: William B. Smith: The Persistent "Pretender"
William B. Smith: The Persistent "Pretender" Open
was a difficult man.Like so many who feel denied power and recognition, he was probably best described as being his own worst enemy.Certainly he could not be stereotyped as the typical patriarch -rather a fire-eating, blistery sort of a ch…
View article: RLDS Priesthood: Structure and Process
RLDS Priesthood: Structure and Process Open
It sometimes appears that RLDS members are more impressed with receiving an inspired document from the Prophet than they are with what it says, thus reminding one of Augustine's comment that most folks "pay more attention to the dishes tha…
View article: Being Mormon: An RLDS Response
Being Mormon: An RLDS Response Open
KlMMsking whether being Mormon is what you believe or how you act is, Rnrlmll suspect, a typically Jesuit effort: designed in hope that at least one of the two options is correct.Let me respond in the same spirit.When I was young, I was th…
View article: "Moonbeams from a Larger Lunacy": Poetry in the Reorganization
"Moonbeams from a Larger Lunacy": Poetry in the Reorganization Open
It was Stefan Kanfer, I believe, who suggested that "inside every man there is a poet who died young."Many in the Restoration have felt this urge to express an emotion, to describe a scene, or to acknowledge a love and have done so in vers…
View article: COMMON BEGINNINGS, DIVERGENT BELIEFS
COMMON BEGINNINGS, DIVERGENT BELIEFS Open
The followers of the Prophet Joseph Smith shared two dramatic decades.They accepted the Prophet's visions, participating in the spiritual outpouring of scriptures, sermons and lectures.Under his personal leadership, they experimented with …