Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1017

“Understanding the Handbook”

    For all of those who’ve been upset by the Church’s recent policy clarification regarding same-sex couples and their children, or who know somebody who has been, or who have tried to exploit the clarification as a weapon against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or who have sought to defend the Church [Read More...]

Contemporary American college kids have it tougher, maybe, than any generation since the days of Assyria’s Tiglath-Pileser III

    You may have heard about the run-amok political correctness that recently forced the resignation of a dean and a student officer at California’s Claremont-McKenna College (two female students had worn sombreros and painted mustaches at Halloween, or some such appalling crime) and of the chancellor and the president of the University of Missouri, and [Read More...]

Got enemies?

    “You have enemies?  Good.  That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” Sir Winston Churchill   Posted from Salt Lake City, Utah    

“An early look at the Provo City Center Temple”

    I’m really quite excited for this new temple to come online:   http://www.ksl.com/?sid=37339775&...   Posted from Salt Lake City, Utah  

Only 42 days, 4 hours, 35 minutes, and 58 seconds until Christmas

    The Interpreter Foundation has already published several books:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/books/   Do you have them?   Do all your neighbors, friends, and loved ones have them?   If not, you’d better hurry, because there are additional books just slightly over the horizon.    

“A Great Sifting Time”

    It is not always easy to live in the world and not be a part of it. We cannot live entirely with our own or unto ourselves, nor would we wish to. We must mingle with others. In so doing, we can be gracious. We can be inoffensive. We can avoid any spirit [Read More...]

“Mormonism and the ‘terrible questions’”

    This week’s Thursday column for the Deseret News:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

“Mars’ Moon Phobos is Slowly Falling Apart”

    The planet Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos.  But Phobos is apparently heading for catastrophic structural failure in just 30-50 million years:   http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/p...   So cook up some popcorn, put on a coat, grab your binoculars, put out a lawn chair, and enjoy the show!    

Two interesting comments from outsiders on the controversial recent policy change

    The first is from Noah Feldman, and appeared in the Bloomberg View:   “Mormons’ Peace with Gay Marriage Only Goes So Far”   I almost called this post “Two comments from Gentiles on the controversial recent policy change.”  But then I thought, “No, can’t do that.  Noah Feldman is Jewish.”  Then I thought, “But [Read More...]

Freedom of Thought in the Church

    I love this quotation from President Hugh B. Brown, who was first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for my early formative years and for whom I had (and have) great admiration:   “I admire men and women who have developed the questioning spirit, who [Read More...]