Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1167

“Why the LDS Church’s statement on LGBT families is good for America”

    I’ve participated with David Blankenhorn — a resident of New York City who is, by the way, a Democrat, and not a Latter-day Saint — in small multi-day dialogues between Western and Middle Eastern intellectuals that have taken place on the Mediterranean island of Malta, in Malaga (Spain), and at the Carter Center [Read More...]

Is stupidity the solution?

    “If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”  - Will Rogers (1879-1935)    

For those who want more background in order to understand the John Dehlin matter

    Here are three useful resources:   http://ldsmag.com/why-john-dehlin-fac...   https://dearjohndehlin.wordpress.com/... (Thanks to Hales Swift for bringing this to my notice.)   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/greg... (A pivotal bit of research posted nearly two years ago.)    

“The Real War on Science”

    I don’t think that I posted a link to this:   http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/201...    

My granddaughter

    On Friday, it will be eight months since she was born.   I keep a photograph of her on my cell phone.  I see it many times a day, but I desperately don’t want that to become routine.  I’m trying really hard not to forget that, despite appearances, I have a grandchild.   [Read More...]

Berlitz German Coast Guard

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUsV...   If you haven’t seen this, take forty seconds and watch it.   “This here is my sector,” says the new young man’s boss in German.  “This is the most important apparatus in the Coast Guard.  Its a survival savior.”   Then comes the English.    

New Testament 70

    Matthew 7:7-11 Compare Luke 11:9-13; John 16:24; 14:13-14; 15:7   I note, but otherwise pass over in silence, what I see as the relevance of Matthew 7:7-8 to the temple.  For fuller discussions of this topic, see John Welch’s Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount: An Approach [Read More...]

New Testament 68

    Matthew 7:1-5 Compare Mark 4:24-25; Luke 6:37-42; John 7:53-8:11   The principles expressed in these passages must be significant and central to the teachings of Christ, because they’re included in all four of the canonical gospels.  And they’re echoed in many other locations throughout Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.   And yet . [Read More...]

Journalism, on religion and science

    The Vatican astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Ph.D. (who, by the way, has agreed to speak to an Interpreter Foundation conference early next year) recounts an experience with the press:   “Except they kept asking me questions like ‘What is your biggest source of conflict about the Pope?’ Or ‘Has the Pope ever tried [Read More...]

“‘Tolerance’ does not equal obedience to you, John Dehlin”

    I expect that this response to Ms. Kate Kelly and Mr. John Dehlin will resonate with more than a few committed, believing Latter-day Saints:   http://www.nicholasblog.com/2015/02/0...   As I write, however, its author, Nicholas Alahverdian, is being hammered by hostile comments from what Rush Limbaugh, in quite another context, calls “seminar callers,” who [Read More...]