Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1227

“Why traditional marriage supporters think 2015 will be a turning point in debate”

    http://dailysignal.com/2014/09/29/tra...   It’s tempting, sometimes, to think that all is lost, whatever the merits of the argument may be.  But perhaps not.  We shall see.   Posted from Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii    

“A Few of My Favorite Things”

      http://samoamission.blogspot.com/2014...   Posted from Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii  

On the pleasure of dissent from stifling orthodoxies

    The pleasure of being a contrarian or a dissenter is no legitimate reason, in and of itself, to reject consensus or to buck current intellectual trends.   But there is an undeniable thrill, sometimes, in battling for unpopular or unfashionable ideas.  It gets the adrenalin going.   “The act of defending any of the [Read More...]

Probably not my last post about the wonders of Hawaiian geology

    Whenever I’m in Hawai’i, my inner geologist awakens.  (Alas, I’ve never taken a class.)  This place is fascinating, geologically speaking.  (And, of course, in other ways, too.)   As the Pacific Plate moves to the northwest (i.e., toward the upper left in the illustration above), the stationary hot spot beneath it creates undersea [Read More...]

“5 reasons Mitt Romney will probably run for president again”

    http://www.deseretnews.com/article/86...   Posted from Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii    

“Elder Holland introduces ‘Meet the Mormons’”

    Hear what he has to say about this pathbreaking film effort:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_5z1...   Posted from Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii  

“A Mormon St. Peter’s in Rome”

    A largely fair and accurate article from The Daily Beast about the new temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that is slowly rising — this is Italy, after all! — just outside of Rome:   http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles...   I get the impression that some Vatican leaders are less excited about [Read More...]

Why don’t moderate Muslims speak up?

    For those who wonder, as many do, why moderate Muslims aren’t speaking out against extremist interpretations of Islam, here are four links, brought to my attention by Mike Parker:   http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Article...   http://www.thehindu.com/news/national...   http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014...   http://www.npr.org/2014/09/25/3512776...   Posted from Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii    

2 Nephi 6

    In today’s reading from the Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 6, we hear for the first time from Jacob, one of Nephi’s younger brothers.   Yet he’s addressing topics and a text that Nephi has assigned to him (2 Nephi 6:4).   Plainly, he agrees with Nephi’s method of scriptural exegesis or interpretation because, [Read More...]

Love One Another!

    Rumor has it that thousands of these look-alike pass-along cards will be handed out at General Conference this next weekend.   We shall see.   Is “love” a synonym for “sex”?  Do people have to be married in order to love one another?  What principled argument, based simply on the imperative to “love” [Read More...]