Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1146

“The Cokeville Miracle”

    I’m really looking forward to this film:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   I’ve read a fair amount about the incident and have spoken with people with connections to Cokeville.  (And, for what it’s worth, I’ve visited the town, though I didn’t conduct any research of my own there.)   It’s a remarkable story.    

“Jews, Muslims, and UCLA”

    Though all isn’t bleak by any means, this is a disturbing story from one of my alma maters, and I hope that it isn’t a harbinger of things to come:   http://www.jewishjournal.com/rob_eshm...   I fear, however, that it’s precisely that.   And, as tolerance for religious dissent from today’s prevailing orthodoxy on redefining marriage [Read More...]

New Testament 104-105

    Matthew 10:40-42; 11:1 Compare Mark 9:41; Luke 10:16; John 5:23; 12:44-45; 13:20   The principle that whoever receives Jesus’ authorized representatives receives him, and that whoever receives him receives his Father — something of a theological or ecclesiological version of the transitive property of equality in mathematics — is fundamental to the Latter-day [Read More...]

“The Cosmic Web, or: What Does the Universe Look Like at a VERY Large Scale”

      Thanks to Scott Pierson for a calling this to my attention.  If it doesn’t leave you feeling at least a little bit humble and awed, you probably need to slow down and reflect a bit:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Isy...    

“Dispelling 5 more myths about Mormons”

    This is a valuable blog, from a faithful Mormon perspective:   http://www.aggielandmormons.org/2015/...   More such are needed.   Why should the Devil have all the good blogs?    

On being yourself

    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”  (Oscar Wilde)    

An “Iron Man” bionic arm for a disabled little boy

    If you haven’t already seen this little video, take a look.  It’s less than two and a half minutes.  I really liked it, and I hope that you will, too:   http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/03/13...    

“Prescription for living longer: Spend less time alone”

    http://news.byu.edu/archive15-mar-lon...   Step away from the computer.   Now.   Interact with some real people.   Don’t go out to dinner with family or friends and look continuously at your iPhone.    

Some good basic background on Christianity in ancient Iran or Persia

    http://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousb...    

“What scares the New Atheists”

    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015...