By Common Consent
blog of contemporary Mormon culture, thought and current events
By Common Consent (BCC) is a group blog featuring commentary and discussions, especially regarding the culture of and current events within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was founded in 2004 and is one of several blogs in the group known as the Mormon Bloggernacle. According to the blog's mission statement, BCC was founded to "provide a thoughtful, enjoyable, and reasonable place to post and discuss Mormon topics."
Name
The blog is named after the 1830 revelation given to Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which instructed that "All things shall be done by common consent in the church, by much prayer and faith, for all things you shall receive by faith." This statement is now canonized as Doctrine and Covenants 26:2 in the LDS Church.
Although "By Common Consent" was used immediately as a working title for the blog, readers were asked to give suggestions on a permanent name. Suggested names included:
"The Rameumptom" — Before moving to the current URL, the blog's URL was rameumptom.blogspot.com
"Zeezrom, Esq." — An homage to the heavy presence of legal professionals in the Mormon blogging community
"By the Regular Sign" — A reference to the custom in the LDS Church to show support for a given proposition by raising the right hand
"Fifth Nephi" — A reference to the Book of Mormon's four books of Nephi
"Times & Seasons 2" — At the time BCC was established, Times & Seasons was the dominant Mormon blog
"Pay On Gross" — A reference to a common debate among Mormons about whether tithing should be paid on net or gross income.
Content and style
Although By Common Consent was originally created to provide a place for more politically liberal members of the LDS Church to discuss issues, a vast majority of the content found on BCC is not political in nature. The topics of posts frequently address practical application of tenets of the LDS faith, Mormon history, analysis of ancient and modern scripture, poetry, music, humor, and current events.
The blog gets updated daily by the "permas" (permanents) with additional posts provided frequently by guest bloggers. The blog supports comments from readers and aims to maintain an environment that fosters respectful interfaith dialogue, even though the majority of participants in comment discussions are adherents to the LDS Church. It includes articles, discussions, scholarly research, satire, devotionals, and humor.
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