Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1083

“Book of Mormon parallels that are all too easy to find”

    Some writers have claimed that the Gadianton robbers are a clear pointer to the Book of Mormon as nineteenth-century fiction.   They’re wrong.   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

“Are Mormons Christians?”

    A Latter-day Saint argues, in the Huffington Post, that we are:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mette-i...   I guess I’ll go ahead and mention that I myself once wrote something on this question:   http://www.amazon.com/Offenders-Word-...    

“Science isn’t broken”

    Once in a while, unfortunately, its language is a bit raw, but it’s a really interesting article:   http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/s...    

“Christians, Muslims Heed Interfaith Call To Fight ISIS With Muhammad’s Peaceful Message”

    Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for bringing this significant item to my notice:   http://www.mintpressnews.com/christia...    

“Women Church Leaders Appointed to Leadership Councils”

    I think this is both really good news and a really good idea:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...   Some journalistic reports, of course, have been largely turned over to critics, who boast that it’s happened because of their efforts and complain that it’s too little and that it’s come too late and insist that they’ll [Read More...]

We know Bill Clinton, Hillary, and you’re no Bill Clinton.

    I’m not — to put it mildly — a supporter of Hillary Clinton.   But even if I were, I would have to acknowledge that she lacks her husband’s smooth political skills.   Here’s an example:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Here’s another:   http://www.nationalreview.com/article...   Things are really beginning to look up for the [Read More...]

At the Bangkok Grill in Orem

.       My wife and I had Thai food tonight with — clockwise, from left — Neal Rappleye, Ugo Perego, and Stephen Smoot.   Life is good.    

“All history is present history”

      “All history is present history in the sense that the concerns of the present are bound somehow to affect the way history is studied and written. All history is also personal, since it is impossible to avoid the influence of one’s own opinions and prejudices on the selection and emphasis of one’s [Read More...]

“ISIS beheads expert who refused to reveal location of valuable antiquities”

    Another disgusting act of repulsive and barbaric cruelty from the nihilistic death-cult calling itself the “Islamic State”:   http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/middlee...    

In the prestigious Jesuit magazine “America”: “Catholic and Mormon: Author Q&A with Professor Stephen H. Webb”

    A remarkable interview with the Catholic philosopher and theologian Stephen Webb, who was just in Utah to speak at the 2015 FairMormon conference and to join in the Interpreter Foundation’s third birthday party:   http://www.americamagazine.org/conten...   Enjoy!