Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1072

On faith

    “Faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.”  (Victor Hugo)    

Seventy Years Ago, Today

    We Americans tend to be a shocking ahistorical lot, but this anniversary really does deserve at least a minute of remembrance:   http://www.nationalreview.com/slidesh...    

New Testament 251

    Matthew 19:1-2 Mark 10:1 Luke 9:51   I like the language of Luke here:  “When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his fact to go to Jerusalem.”  Or, as the King James Version has it, “he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.”   καὶ αὐτὸς [Read More...]

Does this author suffer from Ignoramus Hypersensitivity Syndrome?

    http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/...   I think I may have been troubled by it myself, from time to time.  In my experience, it can be aggravated by spending too many hours online.    

New Testament 250

    John 10:19-21   Some appear to imagine that, while religious questions today are ambiguous and while contemporary religious claims are disputable and usually disputed, matters would have been much clearer had they only lived back in the days of Jesus.   Passages such as this one prove that, on the whole, the imagined clarity [Read More...]

Not exactly in the style of ISIS

    I wish the Middle East offered more stories like this:   https://www.facebook.com/idfonline/vi...   Not the injury to the Palestinian boy, of course.   No, I’m referring to acts of kindness or service that cross ethnic, religious, and political lines.    

“It’s not hypocritical to let infertile couples marry, but oppose gay marriage. Here’s why.”

    From the invaluable Ryan Anderson:   http://dailysignal.com/2015/08/22/its...    

“Discovery of chiasmus in Book of Mormon recounted in new YouTube video”

    Ten very interesting minutes:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

Mind-set

    “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”  (John Milton)   I’ve seen this principle demonstrated over and over again, for many years.  Sad, but true.    

“An Evening with Margaret Barker and Stephen Webb”

    For those of you who weren’t able to participate in the Interpreter Foundation’s third birthday party last month, but also for those who were, the Foundation has now posted a video recording of the after-dinner question-and-answer session with Drs. Margaret Barker and Stephen Webb that was a highlight of the evening:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/an-e... [Read More...]