Daniel C. Peterson's Blog, page 1261

The 2014 FairMormon conference

    The 2014 FairMormon conference begins, in Provo, in just a few hours:   http://www.fairmormon.org/perspective...   Some of us got together tonight for dinner and conversation.  It’s a very good group.    

My opinion of J. K. Rowling just went up.

    Not that I had a poor opinion of her.   I simply had no real opinion at all.   I’ve never read a line of one of her books, nor seen more than ten minutes of any movie based on her books.  I may be among the few people in America who can say [Read More...]

“Humanitarian Aid and Welfare Services Basics: How Donations and Resources are Used”

    Further response to the claim that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does nothing for the poor and needy, and certainly nothing for disadvantaged non-Mormons:   http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article...   https://www.lds.org/bc/content/ldsorg...    

For those offended by the very idea of the City Creek Center mall

    It could use some mechanical cleaning up, but here’s an excellent short piece from a couple of years back, written by my brilliant and thoughtful former student Nate Oman:   http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/...   Thanks to Walker Wright for bringing it to my attention.   I’ve always found indignation at the very concept of this [Read More...]

Sahar Qumsiyeh’s blog

    For a rather different perspective than most of us typically encounter, here’s a blog run by a faithful Palestinian Latter-day Saint woman who lives near Bethlehem:   http://saharqumsiyeh.blogspot.com    

Latter-day Saint Charities

    I’ve just noticed, yet again, the tiresome charge that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does nothing, or essentially nothing, for the poor.   A variant of this accusation holds that the Church does nothing for non-Mormons.   Here’s a site from which you can learn about some of the things [Read More...]

“Romney 2016 idea gaining steam among his supporters”

    For your consideration, from the anonymous conservative/libertarian/atheist blogger “Allahpundit”:   http://hotair.com/archives/2014/08/04...   Only 826 days until the November presidential election!   Incidentally, I was sent a video yesterday arguing that Michelle Obama is really a man dressing as a woman.   Just between us girls, I rather doubt it.  But then, the video [Read More...]

Happy Birthday to Elder Perry

    Elder L. Tom Perry, of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, turns 92 today.   He’s a remarkable man — vigorous, thoroughly committed to his computer and his iPad, good-humored, self-effacing.    

ISIS is a disaster for American counterterrorism policy

    http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/03/isl...    

The Affirmation Book of Mormon Challenge

    Here’s a challenge to read a chapter a day in the Book of Mormon, from a group that many probably wouldn’t expect to issue such a challenge:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/61670...   I’m going to read along.   Can there ever be anything wrong with encouragement to read the Book of Mormon?   Wherefore, all [Read More...]