Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1045

“Child sees angels bear President Monson up at General Conference”

    Here’s a curious story, kindly brought to my attention by Doug Ealy   http://www.ilovethebookofmormon.org/2...   I didn’t see it.  But then, I didn’t see anything connected with it at all; I was in transit in New York City at the time, and was hearing only the audio.   Many, of course, will dismiss [Read More...]

Has the 2015 Nobel Prize committee really endorsed “alternative medicine”?

    No.    

I’m going to Israel and Jordan. Would you like to go with me?

    Visiting Israel and Jordan will change the way you read the scriptures, and the way you understand the news:   http://www.cruiselady.com/tours/?snam...   And it hardly matters whether I’m a good tour leader or not.  The sites are so good that even I lack the power to ruin them.    

Were you aware that the Interpreter Foundation also publishes books?

    Well, we do:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/books/   And there are more in the pipeline.   They’re pretty good, and they make excellent gifts.   Buy twelve of them!    

A brief report from the first day of SMPT’s 2015 conference

    Owing to my teaching schedule, I was able to attend only two sessions of today’s meetings of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology.  (I’ll do better tomorrow and Saturday.)   Fortunately, they were both very good.  Precisely the kind of presentations that I hope for from SMPT.   The first, a plenary session in [Read More...]

More early testimonials about Joseph’s character

    “The more I heard his sayings and saw his doings,” Daniel D. McArthur reminisced about Joseph Smith, “the more I was convinced that he had of a truth seen God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ, and also the holy angels of God. I cannot call to mind that I ever had [Read More...]

His Spanish sounds pretty good, to me at least.

    Elder D. Todd Christofferson, of the Council of the Twelve, recorded his own conference talk in Spanish for the conference just completed:   http://www.standard.net/Faith/2015/10...   I think it was a nice touch.  He wanted the Saints in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Saints elsewhere to hear him in his own voice.    

West Jordan, Utah, this coming Wednesday, 14 October

    I’m going to be  at 9118 South Redwood Road that evening from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, speaking about “The Beauty, the History, and the Challenge of the Holy Lands.”   For details, go to this site, where, if you care to confirm my story, you can then scroll down to my name.   Be warned that [Read More...]

“Prison debate team victorious over Harvard champs”

    I absolutely love this:   http://theweek.com/speedreads/581779/...   I’m grateful to Doug Ealy for bringing it to my notice.   His sage advice:  Don’t scrimp and struggle to save enough money to send Janie or Johnny to the Ivy League.  Send the little darlings to prison!    

“Perhaps the world’s most important living Christian philosopher”

    My most recent offense against reason and good sense has just appeared in the Deseret News:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...