Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1159

“LDS congregation members still clean own meetinghouses”

    http://www.standard.net/Faith/2015/02...   It’s a pleasant enough little article, a nice description of ward members taking care of their meetinghouses.   If you have the stomach for it, though, take a look at the comments following the article.  They illustrate quite clearly the problem that has virtually destroyed the online comments sections of many [Read More...]

A crazy theory?

    “We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?” Niels Bohr, 1922 Nobel laureate in physics (1885-1962)

“The authenticity of scripture”

    The latest Hamblin/Peterson column for the weekend Deseret News has gone up a bit early:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

New Testament 81

    Luke 6:37-42 Compare Matthew 7:1-5; 12:36-37; Mark 4:24-25; John 13:16; 15:20   I like Luke’s fuller version of the warning not to condemn others.  In the quotation below, which comes from the Revised Standard Version, I italicize the words that don’t really have a parallel in Matthew 7:1:   “Judge not, and you [Read More...]

“No one is immune to magical thinking”

    Militant atheists often deride religious believers as dominated by “magical thinking.”  Yet, as a very short article in the March 2015 issue of The  Atlantic reports, they themselves are, very likely, prone to precisely such “superstition”:   http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/a...   And you might enjoy this little item, as well:   http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2008/01/...    

“The Two Shall Become One Flesh: Reclaiming Marriage”

    An important new statement from the group “Evangelicals and Catholics Together”:   http://www.firstthings.com/article/20...    

“Islam and the ‘Islamic State’: What Does the Quran Really Teach about Christianity?”

    An American Muslim lawyer weighs in with her view on the topic:   http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/201...    

“Gallup Poll: Utah Leads Nation in Weekly Church Attendance”

    For some out there, no doubt, yet another reason to hate the place.  Especially if they’re haters:   http://www.newsmax.com/US/utah-church...    

“Who is a Christian?”

    You probably recall — I hope you haven’t forgotten — the twenty-one Egyptian Copts in Libya who were beheaded a few days ago by ISIS, because they were Christians.   If you’d like to read about these men, here’s an article profiling them:   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02...   I’m glad that they’re being memorialized as [Read More...]

Five movie recommendations for the Easter season

      Films about repentance, forgiveness, and redemption:   http://www.realclearreligion.org/arti...