Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1145

“I am the light of the world”

    In the Interpreter Foundation’s 113th scripture roundtable, the focus is on Lesson 15 in the 2015 Gospel Doctrine manual (John 7-8):   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/scri...   Bruce Webster, Martin Tanner, Cassandra Hedelius, and John Gee are the discussants for this installment of our roundtable series.    

On expressing thanks

    “‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.” Alice Walker    

“Mormon Feminist Wants Womens’ Session to Be Just That — Only Women”

      What do you think?   http://www.sltrib.com/lifestyle/faith...   Of course, I can easily imagine a feminist author criticizing the Church if nobody from the First Presidency showed up, on the grounds that the chauvinistic patriarchs of Mormonism value women so little that they can’t be bothered to put in an appearance, whereas they [Read More...]

“However” versus “therefore”: What are your fundamental commitments?

    If you want a way to reflect about who and what and where you are — or, with appropriate caution, humility, and charity, about who, what, and where certain other individuals and organizations are — you could do far worse than to start with the issue outlined here:   https://seesangelsinthearchitecture.w...   Posted from [Read More...]

New Testament 116

    Mark 3:19-21   The notion, common among some adherents of the “New Atheism,” that religion is a mental illness or a product of emotional dysfunction, is commonly traced back to the late Dr. Sigmund Freud.  (It rests on roughly the same rigorous analysis of empirical data that’s used to support much of Freudianism.) [Read More...]

“Israel’s threat from within”

    Fareed Zakaria isn’t a fan of Benjamin Netanyahu.  But the thing that strikes me here is his explanation of the nature of Iran’s repeated call for the destruction of Israel:   http://fareedzakaria.com/2015/03/27/i...   It’s not quite what the news media often tell us, and deserves consideration.   Posted from Bountiful, Utah    

“New York Times whitewashes Iran’s religious oppression”

    Have I noted before that I’m not much of a fan of the New York Times?   https://www.commentarymagazine.com/20...    

“Why I don’t call myself a Mormon feminist”

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

“The Pope’s Planetologists”

    http://www.methodquarterly.com/2015/0...   Guy Consolmagno is currently slated to address an Interpreter Foundation conference on science and religion, roughly a year from now.    

Sad news out of England

      http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015...   I still own this album on vinyl:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlETE...   John Renbourn’s guitar work captivated me, and I’m happy to say that one of my sons found that very album, years ago, on his own, and was captivated, too.