Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1214

“Bike Ride”

    I admire his courage, certainly, and his remarkable skill.  But I don’t even aspire to do what he does — and not merely because, particularly at this stage of my advanced out-of-shape geezerhood, I probably no longer have the potential capacity for it (if ever I did).   In territory such as this [Read More...]

2 Nephi 25

    In today’s reading, 2 Nephi 25, the prophet Nephi returns to speaking in his own voice — and it’s a voice very distinct from Isaiah’s.   Four brief observations:   1.   In verses 1-7, Nephi explicitly contrasts his own approach with that of Isaiah, indicating that there was an Old World Jewish [Read More...]

Some Islamic humanitarian organizations

    Since some — including, perhaps, even a few who comment on my blog — seem to imagine that Islam is and has always been largely about terrorism and oppression, I thought it might be helpful, occasionally, to post some information about things that don’t fit that uninformed stereotype.   Here, for example, is [Read More...]

A film critic who doesn’t hate “Meet the Mormons”!

    But he’s from Utah:   http://www.madaboutmovies.org/meet-th...   Personally, by the way, I would welcome and would go to see a “Meet the Muslims” film — and I think they badly need to do one.    

A conference on temples, a week from today

    Just a reminder that the 2014 Temple on Mount Zion Conference is coming up a week from today, on 25 October 2014:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/even...   Be there, or be . . . um, not there.   Incidentally — and (opinions vary) this is either an unfortunate conflict or a doubled incentive to make [Read More...]

“The 16th century Jewish mystic who influences New Age Hollywood pop stars”

    This week’s Hamblin/Peterson column is up:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...    

A brief primer on evolution

    For any who might be interested, this enjoyable little presentation, slightly less than eleven minutes long, offers an exceptionally clear overview of some of the basic principles of the theory of evolution and does a good job in clearing up several fundamental misunderstandings:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdddb...    

“When the criticisms of the Book of Mormon can’t be taken seriously”

    It seems that my Deseret News column for today really kicked the hive:   http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii  

“Why are Christians reluctant to embrace more?”

    An interesting website, worth a look:   http://www.scott-thormaehlen.com/why-...   Posted from Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii    

2 Nephi 23

    Today’s reading, 2 Nephi 23, is equivalent to Isaiah 13.   In the first instance, it’s an oracle predicting the destruction of Babylon — though it’s certainly not difficult to see the divine judgment upon historical Babylon as representing the future divine judgment upon the world as a whole at the end of [Read More...]