Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1150

Don’t miss the conference at BYU this weekend!

    The Interpreter Foundation and BYU Studies have joined to co-sponsor a subtly but deeply significant conference on Saturday:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/even...   Members of the public are welcome.  Admission is free.    

Another bit of evidence against the notion that medieval Christianity hated science

    http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2015...    

A tragic story, but also an uncanny one, out of Utah

    Read all the way through, and you’ll see what I mean by “uncanny”:   http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/09/us/utah...   For a bit more detail, have a look at this:   http://fox13now.com/2015/03/09/first-...    

Moral relativism in elementary school?

    The indispensable Ralph Hancock on Kant, sexual libertinism, and second grade:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

“The Plight of Palestine’s Religious Minorities”

    One perspective on the current situation of Christians, mostly, under Palestinian control:   http://philosproject.org/plight-pales...    

“Illusion, disillusionment and revelation”

    A very nice mini-essay, worth reading and thinking about:   http://www.millennialstar.org/illusio...    

A recipe for a good life

    “Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.” Louisa May Alcott    

Mormons: “Christian heretics”?

    I like the argument here.  I think it’s solid.   Two reservations:   1.   I’m surely among those Latter-day Saints who insist — many times without result — on identifying themselves as Christians.   I’ve published a book on the topic.   Is this solely about “marketing,” though, as the author rather snootily [Read More...]

New Testament 98

    Matthew 9:35-38 Mark 6:6, 34 Luke 8:1; Luke 10:2 Compare John 4:35   I still recall, soon after arriving in Interlaken, in Switzerland’s Berner Oberland, for what was essentially my second mission assignment — I would remain there for seven months or so — writing a postcard to my parents that consisted solely [Read More...]

This find has nothing whatever to do with the Book of Mormon.

      However, it does suggest that the history of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica isn’t yet perfectly known, and that the archaeological record isn’t yet complete:   http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015...   Heck, I could have told you that.   It’s true even of the Middle East — which is far better documented, quite a bit better known, topographically easier [Read More...]