Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1246

Tolkien and the PC Police

  I’m a major fan of J. R. R. Tolkien, which is only one of the reasons that this cartoon caught my eye.   I apologize in advance, because it contains one F-bomb.  I can do nothing about that.  But, if the word would offend you too much, please don’t read this cartoon.   I held [Read More...]

Obama a war criminal, says “Cornel West”

    As has been pointed out by at least two intrepid investigators, I get all of my political facts and opinions from Sean Hannity, at Fox News.   Here’s an item that I’d almost forgotten about:   Employing his fictional “Cornel West” personality, Sean Hannity is shown here speaking at Fox News Headquarters in New [Read More...]

“Joseph Smith’s Hick Language in the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript”

    After decades of observing them, it’s pretty difficult for extreme ex- and anti-Mormon critics to astonish me.   Even so, on the whole, I’ve been amazed at the reaction of many of them to my recent column focused on Dr. Stanford Carmack’s article, now two weeks old, in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture.   [Read More...]

“13 Jobs You’ll Be Surprised were Held by General Authorities”

    I think I already knew twelve of these.  And I had heard but forgotten the thirteenth:   http://ldsliving.com/story/76462-13-j...    

“James Carville: Romney will run again in 2016″

    http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Jame...    

“The Book with the Unintentionally Self-Referential Title”

    One hundred and nine (109) weeks of consecutive publication, and still counting:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/the-...   In this week’s review article, Brant Gardner examines a recent effort to demonstrate the Book of Mormon a fraud.   He isn’t convinced.    

Living in places like Panguitch, Malad, and Dutch John definitely has some advantages.

    I expect that the tourism boards for Las Vegas and New York City won’t be dancing in the streets over this one:   http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/al-Q...    

“The Problem with a Religious Superiority Complex”

    This article makes a very important point:   http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/14819   Of course, it’s fairly easy to recognize what the author calls a “religious superiority complex” in other people.   Ironically, in fact, such a complex is often very obvious among the militantly anti-religious.   For instance, the campaign by Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins to claim [Read More...]

“Are you in or are you out?”

    Mission business in Samoa, and the visit of a General Authority:   http://samoamission.blogspot.com/2014...    

“Mormon Women Stand — Defending Prophetic Authority”

    These voices are seldom heard from or about in the media, but there are several women out there, I’m told, who think along these lines:   http://www.mormoninterpreter.com/fair...